If that was in my house it would have RAID sprayed all over it. Fucking spiders. There is only room in my heart for ONE spider and that spot is filled by my pet tarantula. So gross. D:

It is interesting to look at, though. I too want to know what kind it is.

well, it was making its web over my back door, so i had to remove it from its home. ; 3; i took it inside because i love looking at them. > u< i do feel bad though because i think its dying. ; n; when i let it back outside, it didnt move very fast. . n. anyway, i suppose it technically wasnt inside my house until i put it there. xDD;;

I have them outside my house. They generally just hang out in their webs, so I haven't seen any IN my house, or had any issues with them. But, I don't know what kind they are, sorry xP

well, technically i brought it into my house to look at it, so it was only in my house after i brought it there. xD;; it was making its house over the opening of my back door, and i have a dog that's blind, so i had to remove it. ; 3; i didnt know what kind of spider it was and i didnt want my dog running into it and getting hurt, you know? :C they dont seem to be aggressive until provoked. so im sure its not a big deal. C:
this sounds a little personal but do you live in the north east united states? because thats where i am and thats where this little bugger is. :P

I'm over in Kansas, actually :P And yeah, they have a bit of a knack of making webs in rather... in-opportune places ;P

most definitely. xD;;

actually someone who lives in austuralia seems to have seen one. so apparently theyre all over? lol

Heh, I saw that, and so it would seem :P Coming to an inopportune place, near you xD

they need a like button here. xD

Sooooo true. xD And a way to fav journals.

It looks like a head crab to me

Dude! I was *ABOUT* to say that! XD

Head crab! Apply directly to the forehead!
Head crab! Apply directly to the forehead!
Head crab! Apply directly to the forehead!
Head crab! Apply directly to the forehead!
Head crab! Apply directly to the forehead!
Head crab! Apply directly to the forehead!
Head crab! Apply directly to the forehead!
Head crab! Apply directly to the forehead!

I'm not entirely sure if that even is a spider. It closely resmbles a tick and a bed bug.

it was outside. and it had six eyes. and eight legs. and it made a web so... im assuming its a spider. lol

O.o
Eep! Spiders!
*Runs in circles*
...
I'm not good with spiders, but I'm damn sure I've seen ones like that before... I think they're just a version of house spider, nothing too special if so...
Where in the world are you? I'm in West Australia and I've definitely seen a few of them.

D: WHY IS YOUR SPIDER FROM WEST AUSTRALIA IN MICHIGAN IN THE UNITED STATES?! D: go home spider. lol but yeah, im in michigan. thats so strange that it would be up here. O:

Which is why I think it's probably a version of house spider, 'cause they're common all over the place, especially in warmer and or dryer ciimates I think, a little research shows spiders are more common inside houses near winter, and more common in general in warmer climates, stands to reason assuming south WA and Michigan climates are similar (hot and dry summer, cold wet winter) then it could be that widespread.

oh good point. lol i was more focused on the fact that there was a spider species that michigan had in common with australia. itssss a smallll wooooorld aaaaafter alllll~ xD;

One thing I do have to point out though, a dime isn't that big... not really... I mean THIS is what we get in our homes sometimes:
http://operatorchan.org/t/arch/src/.....lockspider.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Oqtj05u2krU/T.....der%5B2%5D.jpg

Not everything is bigger in Texas... *shudders*

a dime really isnt that big. it was just really fat. like, as thick as a thumb. thats the biggest spider ive ever seen . ; 3;

OH GOD. D8 i wouldnt be holding that thing. i would have it under a glass tank. ; 3;

I wouldn't even get it in a glass tank, I kill them with pizza and other assordted boxes... after spending 20 mins trying to stop shaking and guessing where it's gonna run off to (they are really damn fast, like 4-5 body lengths a second)... Although admittedly there's one that scares me more, of course the RedBack: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/59/2.....bda3aa0f_o.jpg
Smaller than the Huntsman, but like everything else from australia, so it can kill you! (Huntsman Spiders are actually non-venomous). By comparison your little house spider-thing is adorable :3

OH GOD I HATE THE FAST ONES. ; 3; theyre really hard to catch. > n< and i want to make sure theyre gone before i do anything,

the redbacks are really pretty. but i wouldnt want one in my house. ; 3; [<--- i do a lot of crying when i talk about spiders. xD;; i like them but theyre scary.]

and yes, i agree. . u. i just want to know what it was doing putting its legs over its head. o: its really confusing.

Well they say they're more scared of you than you are of them, maybe the first spider ever to show it?

OH GOD. D8 IT WAS SCARED. OH GOD I JUST WANNA HUG IT. ; 3; im literally tearing up right now. thats so horrible. it was shielding its eyes from my huge scary face. ; 3; POOR BABBBUUUU. COME TO MOMMYYYY. -runs after spider- ; 3;

I've heard of crazy cat ladies... please don't invite me over when you're older :S

I kid I kid, honestly, it'd have to be the only spider in existence to ever show an emotion, but the emotion they most seem to show me is rage, which is why I kill them and don't catch them.
Show me a praying mantis though and I'll gladly catch 'em and show them off.

xDD

well, it reared up and started biting the glass when i first caught it so... ; 3; it wasnt happy~.

It'd be around that time I'd be gassing the little bugger O.o

lmfao well, i dunno. i guess i couldnt do that because i know id be doing the same as the spider in the same situation. lol xD

I had a staring competition with a Huntsman once... I dunno if I won or not because it ran away, but they don't have eyelids, does that count?

im pretty sure it won. xDD it NEVER has to blink. xD

Im not a spider expert in any means, but this spider looked really cool when I saw it on the homepage so I had to take a look. Really cool pictures hehe :3 I took a little bit to google search to see if I could find out what it is, could it possibly be a Cat-Faced Spider? " http://careymoonbeam.files.wordpres.....=300&h=300 " Reason I ask this is because the abdomen has a fairly similar shape to it and the legs have a similar two tone colouring to them.
If that is possibly what it is, it is a harmless species of spider, not venemous, but it can still bite of course. :3 Thats my two cents, if it isn't the species that you have found here, I hope you can figure it out, it actually looks kinda cute! X3

thanks so much! : D im just upset that i couldnt get a better picture. ill be saving up for a macro lens soon, so hopefully i can take clearer pictures of these little guys. . u.

well, it seems like that spider has two bumps on its abdomen and this one didnt. so unfortunately, thats probably not my spider. with so many people looking at this, im sure there will be someone who knows. but thanks so much! : D when i find out ill let you know. ^ ^

I think she might be a cross spider, I'm not completely sure but she's definately a kind or orb weaver.
I could tell better if I saw the markings on her back.

that's the closest i've seen anyone come to identifying it. that's probably it. i wish i could remember what the markings looked like. ; A; it's been so long. I THINK ITS SUPER CUTE THOUGH. I LIKE HOW ITS FRONT LEGS ARE FOLDED WEIRD LIKE THAT IDK ITS CUTE.