Comments & ID Thoughts
This was found in my bathroom above shower against the window. Web is elongated, not like a garden spider web.. about 1.5” across from leg to leg including body... any ideas? Very fast moving
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- Submitted: May 21, 2019
- Photographed: May 16, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Gaston, Oregon, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: Yes
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Any ideas out there? My son wants to leave it alone,,, I’m fine with that as long as it not dangerous, but it is above me where we shower in the bathroom
Not sure what it is, doesn’t look like anything potentially dangerous. It is ok to compromise and move her and any egg sacks to the outdoors. Your son can choose a location, like a shed where she might stay and he can visit her. That way, presuming it is female, she can have her offspring hatch outdoors instead of indoors. Fertilization of the females can happen years before the fertilization of the eggs. Female spiders are one of the kinds of animals that can store semen for later use. So, she may not need a visit from another male before… Read more »
I just put another, much better picture up, what do you think?
Thank you for your input!