Comments & ID Thoughts
Unidentified
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- Submitted: Jan 25, 2020
- Photographed: Jan 23, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Naples, Florida, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
our 10year old daughter found this spider , and we don’t know what kind it is.
I think she’s Eriophora ravilla, a Tropical Orbweaver. She makes orb webs like the one that the spiderweb emoji is based on. She can be handled very gently. Spiders bite when they feel too much pressure on their bodies. They don’t want to be trapped or squished . She can walk on top of hands, though she won’t enjoy it. The important thing is to not close your fingers on her. I’m very glad to hear that a girl found a cool spider and her mother isn’t panicking! 🙂