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- Submitted: May 12, 2018
- Photographed: May 12, 2018
- Spider: Tetragnatha
- Location: Mobile , Alabama, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: On Flower,Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Webs
Tetragnatha
Picture ID 12880
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Dec 5, 2019 - Photographed
Aug 14, 2019 
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- Submitted Nov 25, 2019
- Photographed Aug 14, 2019
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- Submitted Dec 5, 2019
- Photographed Aug 14, 2019
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- Submitted Jan 19, 2020
- Photographed Sep 14, 2020
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Hi. This is one of the long jawed orb weavers, Tetragnathidae family. A harmless good companion for your potted plants.
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Ok thank you, I work at a flower nursery and see a lot of different kinds of spiders, and I would like to know which ones are poisonous.
Hi. There are only two genus of spider that may pose any threat to you, Latrodectus genus, in your case,southern black widow, or Loxoceles genus,yours would be the brown recluse. Learn to identify those,you can figure any other more beneficial than threat. While you may encounter one of these,odds are low. I spider hunt at a large nursery and find lots of spiders associated with foliage, some hitchhikers from out of the region, so like Christmas for an arachnophile. At least they appreciate the benefit of spiders and no pesticides. As for the bad biters, leaving them alone, knowing they… Read more »
I was bitten by something a few weeks ago and I ended up with a staph infection on my finger.
Hi. Well, you don’t have to be bitten by anything to get a staph infection.
There are some spiders like ground spiders that may scavenge on dead insects and not have the cleanest of mouth parts. In rare cases,secondary infections can happen. They happen with paper cuts too. If you do know you have been bitten, wash the site with soap and water, usually you are good to go. A topical antiseptic and the chance of infection is about nil.