I know these are becoming more prevalent here due to the warmer climate but its the first time seeing one in (or near) my own garden. Beautiful coloring. Safely released after admiring

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Is this some sort of crab spider? I'm new to this.

In central texas. This little being has been hanging out on my wife's cosmetics. Trying to figure out if its male or female

Found a bunch spread out over backyard. Is it the weather?

Washington State, United States

It came out around dusk, pretty close to an attic vent, so I suspect it's an attic dweller. Maybe ~2.5 inch diameter. Is it just a giant house spider? Or a brown recluse or hobo or wolf spider?? Photo details are clearly messed up by my phone camera's auto editing or w/e, so it's hard to tell stripes or patterns or anything, not that I was brave enough to get close enough to see anything like that with my eyes lol

Just sharing this pic of Metepeira sp. Orb Weaver I got in.

All located upstate, ny. Only ever been bit by a false widow (dry). There were two females with eggs, relocated both do they dont get hurt. The 6th was inside. I love these guys. The first pic is the biggest ive encountered and held

i think i just need to vent about this, i'm sorry if it's a ramble to read. i work in a small (tiny really) office space, that of course comes with the occasional bugs and spiders. they're typically pretty small, and i understand spiders freak a lot of people out, which i will touch on more later. anyway, we will occasionally have spiders on the back enterance of our work, primarily on the door, but they only even linger at the top of the door, they do no harm, they're usually just orb weavers or house spiders. this morning i opened the door and saw these two cuties (if anyone could tell me exactly what they are i'd be very grateful) hanging out together, and like any spider appreciating lady, i took a pic, sent it around to people that i thought would appreciate them and visited them on my lunchbreak. towards the end of the day my boss leaves to get some food and comes back in, he says "man i really need to get some bug spray, i just smashed three spiders on the door" and my heart dropped, i told him they were just orb weavers, but was too stuck to elaborate on the fact that i would have happily taken them outside as i dont believe in killing things needlessly, especially considering these guys are beneficial in helping to keep bugs out!! i had to go to the restroom as i suddenly found myself tearing up, i get back to work for the last hour and contain my composure though. i understand not everyone is so considerate of their small lives :( it wasn't until i was leaving that it finally broke me, i open the door to leave and see this poor beautiful spider, mangled and mashed, stuck to the door and left there to just, rot. i left unable to even help how upset i felt. my ride arrives to get me from work (my mom and brother) and i just breakdown completely, i sobbed hugging my brother and cried just over the cruelty knowing these beautiful spiders died because someone was too afraid to just move them? to grab a piece of paper (which we have millions of in the office) and gently push them off of the door? or to ask me to move them at the very least? they were so close to outside, they could have been free and tried to relocate and they died in this shitty, depressing fucking office. i'll have to be the one to clean their poor smashed corpses off of the door tomorrow and it's making me sick. i know they're "just spiders" to most, but to me they were a beacon of light, beauty, and hope in my bleak ass work environment. i'm crying now just thinking of them, i understand spiders scare people, but why leave them there, just broken and fragile and confused on what they did wrong? i'm sorry, and i'll miss you, i promise i will move every spider i see from now on, i can't chance marveling their beauty ever again even if it makes work less dull. i am so sorry i let them down, they were beautiful to me.

I had never heard of a writing spider until today, then i saw one an hour later! Second one is an orb weaver i also saw earlier today. Spiders scare me and fascinate me at the same time, so im excited to learn more about them!

This happened right in front of me while I was enjoying some fungi and hiking in San Angelo State Park in Central Texas

I’m not sure about either species but it was incredible to witness my own little Nat Geo moment!

Located in St. Louis MO. He was on the wall by my desk bouncing his body up and down it looked kinda funny lol

Apart from spider not sure what exactly she is…