Comments & ID Thoughts
I was hoping someone could inform me of what type of spider this is. I have 3 bites on left wrist that look like holes. Doctor said they were too scratched up to try to tell what bit me. That was 4 days ago. Today, im doing laundry, and under my clothes in laundry room floor, i find this guy in photo. I have a feeling this is the guy that put 3 holes in my wrist causing my entire forearm to swell. Hopefully,someone will know what type this is.
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- Submitted: Apr 30, 2023
- Photographed: Apr 30, 2023
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Charleston, West Virginia, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
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He was on floor so not in his web, but after i crushed him, i guess i didnt kill him. I took him in another room to take photo, realized he was still barely alive, and made sure I then killed him. The reason im mentioning this is because from the time i thought i killed him to the time I did kill him, he had webs all over the place. I thought id lost my mind. He was jumping all over the place even though he was cut in half. Obviously, a web from himself to towel i was… Read more »
That’s awful. This was a Furrow Orbweaver in genus Lariniodes. https://bugguide.net/node/view/33791
Spiders have extreme sensitivity to pressure on their bodies to protect them from crush injuries and entrapment. Yours was probably jumping to try to escape the extreme pain you inflicted.
If he had bitten you, you would have had your arm and the spider pressed together. They bite to escape pressure.
Doctors can’t generally diagnose specific organisms from a couple of bite or sting wounds.