Careful Footwork
Posted by Derek Ouellette on September 3, 2005
Q: I found a spider on me and I was wondering if you could ID it? Thank You.
Habitat: suburban/yard
State: New Hampshire
Habitat: suburban/yard
A: I really don't have enough information to make an identification for you but I may be able to point you in the right direction. Was your spider in a web or was it crawling around the ground or the chair you were sitting on? Sounds to me that your spider was NOT in a web - right? Two kinds that don't spin their own webs are the Jumping Spiders (these tend to be quite small) and the Wolf Spiders (these can be rather large and hairy). Female Wolf Spiders do carry around their eggs in a round silk ball so I'm wondering if this is what you saw. Take a look at this site (be sure to scroll down to see all of the photos) and see if one of these looks like "your" spider. www.uky.edu
Thanks for your question.
John Wiessinger ( September 4, 2005)