Montana Arachnids (Spiders and Allies) - Part 1 (Spiders)

[hengruh]

I put together some info on insects in Montana a few posts ago, so now I am tackling spiders and other arachnids. As with insects, there is no comprehensive source on Montana spiders, so I had to collate materials from the internet and books. The sources are found at the bottom of this post.

Following are some of the most common types of spiders

Comments

A new aggressive spider

[ext_2021445]

I found an unknown spider on my bedroom ceiling this morning. I killed it after it jumped off at me and went for my feet. It‘s body is 1.5 cm long, has a red cephalothorax and pedipalps, 8 solid black legs. The abdomen was black with red tiger strips coming from the top of the abdomen to curve around the sides towards the underside of the abdomen. The underside of the abdomen was black though, with little to no hair. I’ve never seen anything like it in Montana and was hoping you might have an idea of what it could have been.

Do You Know This Spider?

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I had an encounter with a certain spider while I was doing some work out in the Bush near Dillon Montana, and I have been wondering what kind of spider it was ever since

Re: Do You Know This Spider?

[hengruh]

It doesn't sound familiar to me. Thanks for telling us about it though