Virginia Beach Spiders

[Miss_Maggot]

i live in ohio and im haveing the same problume except there nesting in the basement and in the cars! EWWW! i cant find out any thing on these freaking things but if you do please let me know and if i can find anything out ill be sure to let you know! Danielle

[Va-Cat]

Originally Posted by Miss_Maggot

i live in ohio and im haveing the same problume except there nesting in the basement and in the cars! EWWW! i cant find out any thing on these freaking things but if you do please let me know and if i can find anything out ill be sure to let you know! Danielle

I've posted this site in a few places on this forum. Take a picture of your critter & upload it to www.whatsthatbug.com with a request to have it identified. These guys are really good at getting back to you with and ID and letting you know if its dangerous or not. Its a great site but can make your skin crawl a little!

[diamondback13]

Originally Posted by sorbert21

I live in Newport News and just bought a house. I have, so far, had at least 5 black, hairy spiders measuring 1 1/2 to 2" length. They have a body similar to tarantulas, they seem to have keen eyesight, and they are mostly on the floor when I find them, though I did find a lighter grey/brown spider very similar to them on the wall the other day- it was only about 3/4 inch though. What the heck are the huge black ones??

Those big black/brown ones are wolf spiders. They do seem to have keen eyesight, and will attempt to avoid you when you try to kill them. They're big enough that you can almost hear them move...

[bbguy05]

Originally Posted by gogetter

I Am Constantly Finding Myself Dodging Huge Spider Webs At Night And Early In The Mornings When I Take My Dog For A Walk... They Seem To Be Everywhere! Today I Actually Walked Into One! Gross! This Spider Hanging From Them Is Big... Kinda Yellow Or Orange And Has Kinda Striped Legs... Does Anyone Know What Kind Of Spider This Is, And If It Can Hurt Me Or My Dog???

The spiders are no joke around here! I was visiting my cousin, and I wasn't in her house for no more than 5 minutes, and when I got back to my car, a spider web was already created between my car and the car parked next to mine!!

[bblaine]

these are what we had to deal with in kuwait and iraq

[bbguy05]

Originally Posted by bblaine

these are what we had to deal with in kuwait and iraq

That is unnatural! I couldn't imagine being around those things!!

[jc420in]

i have something similar and i'm trying to figure out what they are. They make pretty big webs at night, their bodies are like a brown/tan ball about the the size of a marble some are a little smaller, and their legs have red strips. Do I need to worry about my kids or dog?

[Randomdude]

My parents had a bunch of bushes in front of their house when they first moved in it. They were full of spiders similiar to what you describe. As several posters mentioned, they appear to be a variety of garden spider, which are pretty much harmless dispite their larger size.

[Randomdude]

Originally Posted by bblaine

these are what we had to deal with in kuwait and iraq

They grow them big in the desert and the jungles.

[Erma]

Originally Posted by gogetter

I Am Constantly Finding Myself Dodging Huge Spider Webs At Night And Early In The Mornings When I Take My Dog For A Walk... They Seem To Be Everywhere! Today I Actually Walked Into One! Gross! This Spider Hanging From Them Is Big... Kinda Yellow Or Orange And Has Kinda Striped Legs... Does Anyone Know What Kind Of Spider This Is, And If It Can Hurt Me Or My Dog???

watch out for the ones that have stripped leggin's and lil' ball caps!