Excelsior! Academy Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 We are in Oklahoma. We have found two large red and black spiders. They are more red than black. Both were in my living room floor while the kids were milling about. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 What size and body shape? One idea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidippus_johnsoni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Yes, I was going to suggest the red-backed jumper too. Is the red on the back (topside) of the abdomen, or the bottom? Southern black widows have a more rectangular (not so much hourglass-shaped) red mark on the underside than the northern variety. Hwo big, roughly? Any chance it's not all that big, with a crablike "shell"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Fuzzy or slick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Opposite of the one in the photo. Red legs with a black body. Fuzzy, I think. I didn't look closely, just screamed and bribed one of the boys to get it. :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Try google searching for images of dwarf spiders/sheet weavers in North America and see if a snapshot if your friend turns up. Some cellar spiders here have reddish legs but their bodies are brownish rather than black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Red-legged purseweb? They're supposedly endangered. Sure would be endangered if I found it scuttling across my living room floor. Venomous fangs glistening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Looks closest to the purse web. A little more red. Thank you. We have only lived here three years. Year one flip flop snake, year two real snake in our wall and black widows, this year funky red and black creepy spider. What is this place in which we have moved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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