Hello there,
A while back i ran into a spider which is certainly not too common around here (NJ). I thought i would ask around to see if anyone knows anything about this one.
First, i dont have a picture unfortunately, and i've search more than a 1000 pictures and cant find it. I'll describe what it looks like.
It was about 3/4 inch or maybe about an inch including the legs. The abdomen was not super big like some spiders, but more average size relative to the head. The legs were not those long skinny type but more chunky, but not short either like a red spider mite.
The most interesting characteristic though was that it was a bright blood red color. Not only that, the coloring was very uniform throughout the head, abdomen, and legs. All the same color like someone dropped a bucket of paint on it, except that the body head and legs appeared translucent so the sun light would shine right through it almost like it would be lighting it up with an internal LED or bulb. That's how different the coloring was, unlike anything i've seen before. Usually we see a difference in coloring between head, legs, and abdomen, but this coloring was very uniform. And it's almost like you can see through the body, or at least see the light shining through, so you see like a red glow sort of but cant see any internal organs.
I've not seen another one like that since then and that was a while back (maybe a few years already). But i'd like to find out what it was and maybe where it comes from and of course it's toxicity to humans and pets.
Thanks for any info that shows what this thing is or even info that leads me to more info that might help.
After reading up on some of the other species i can see why many humans are afraid of spiders (close to 90 percent i think). Some of them are harmless and dont even bite and some cant even bite through the flesh, but others are so deadly like a snake and others are not deadly but can cause bad illness and very bad wounds at the bite site due to the venom decomposing the flesh...not a pretty picture. And it's hard to try to identify a spider you might happen upon especially in the dark and you might not have time to tell what it is anyway, and some species look similar.
Also, warming climates means a larger area migration for some species which may bring unwanted visitors farther north too.
A while back i ran into a spider which is certainly not too common around here (NJ). I thought i would ask around to see if anyone knows anything about this one.
First, i dont have a picture unfortunately, and i've search more than a 1000 pictures and cant find it. I'll describe what it looks like.
It was about 3/4 inch or maybe about an inch including the legs. The abdomen was not super big like some spiders, but more average size relative to the head. The legs were not those long skinny type but more chunky, but not short either like a red spider mite.
The most interesting characteristic though was that it was a bright blood red color. Not only that, the coloring was very uniform throughout the head, abdomen, and legs. All the same color like someone dropped a bucket of paint on it, except that the body head and legs appeared translucent so the sun light would shine right through it almost like it would be lighting it up with an internal LED or bulb. That's how different the coloring was, unlike anything i've seen before. Usually we see a difference in coloring between head, legs, and abdomen, but this coloring was very uniform. And it's almost like you can see through the body, or at least see the light shining through, so you see like a red glow sort of but cant see any internal organs.
I've not seen another one like that since then and that was a while back (maybe a few years already). But i'd like to find out what it was and maybe where it comes from and of course it's toxicity to humans and pets.
Thanks for any info that shows what this thing is or even info that leads me to more info that might help.
After reading up on some of the other species i can see why many humans are afraid of spiders (close to 90 percent i think). Some of them are harmless and dont even bite and some cant even bite through the flesh, but others are so deadly like a snake and others are not deadly but can cause bad illness and very bad wounds at the bite site due to the venom decomposing the flesh...not a pretty picture. And it's hard to try to identify a spider you might happen upon especially in the dark and you might not have time to tell what it is anyway, and some species look similar.
Also, warming climates means a larger area migration for some species which may bring unwanted visitors farther north too.
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