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My son took this photo on his back of house (suspended) wood deck, which is about 25 feet above ground from his home up in Vernon, New Jersey. We are unsure of what this spider is, as we have seen some photos of "Long Legged Sac" Spiders that look similar, yet he thinks it's some species of "Orb Weaver", but it's rear doesn't match those. We even tried a few of those "Upload a photo" I.D. websites, and each one of those gave us different answers, none looked like the species in the photo, We'd like to know what this spider is.
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- Submitted: May 14, 2026
- Photographed: May 14, 2026
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Vernon, New Jersey, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
This does look like a long leged sac spider. The photo is a bit dark, but after lightening it, you can see what it really looks like.
Thank you so much for helping clear that up, BugmanDan! I was sorta thinking that’s what it is, because after scouring thousands of photos, that was the closest I could come up with, but I was not too sure, since so many Spider I.D. websites gave various info, so I just kept second guessing myself and than ended up here. The sad thing is, my son’s camera normally takes really nice, high quality pictures and videos, but the one time something is a bit dark or blurred is the one time we needed a much better shot! My son only… Read more »
the chances of any spiders being anything close to dangerous is quite low. only about 0.8% of spiders pose any threat to humans. I would highly recommend leaving whatever little guys you find in your house. if the “million leggers” you speak of are centipedes, that usually means that there is a large amount of other insects that are living in your house. if you remove/squish them you’ll just be making the other guys worse. as well as that, the black widow and brown recluse ( the only two venomous spiders in the US) are both incredibly easy to identify… Read more »