Spider identifying (ex-spiders to be more exact)

vbr666 · #1 (**permalink**) 13-07-2008, 12:21 PM

hi.
found this creepy spider cemetary in my garage car pit, found like 5-10 spiders in this form, all white, hanging in their own webs (died of hunger i guess):

theyre about 5cm (2") in length including the legs. pretty big spiders for my environment. in the car pit we store potato sacks, i wonder if those spiders came with the potatoes and were caught in sacks with it or they are just domestic in that pit.
no other lifesigns in it

, just the cemetary

what type of spider is that and how harmful could it be?

haematocephalus · #2 (**permalink**) 13-07-2008, 06:57 PM

Hi vbr666, welcome to WAB. I'm afraid I couldn't find your photos, could you have another go at posting them?

The only thing your description reminds me of is the 'daddy-long-legs' spider, Pholcus phalangioides, which can look rather white and ghostly, even when it's still alive

There are several other photos on WAB, e.g.:

Martin

Martin Harvey

Dogghound · #3 (**permalink**) 13-07-2008, 07:04 PM

Your white spiders are likely the exuvia (shed skin) of the spider as they grow like snakes they have to shed their skin, so its likely that you still have a spider present. It must be eating if its growing.

vbr666 · #4 (**permalink**) 14-07-2008, 01:25 PM

haematocephalus what do you mean by: "I'm afraid I couldn't find your photos, could you have another go at posting them?"
You cant see my pictures in my previous post? How come I can see them normally?
Anyways, here they are in WAB archive:

dogghound, I don't think that those spiders are still alive somewhere in the pit, because there were so many of those white "sheds" or what ever it was. I already stated 5-10 of them. Unless they didn't crawl into the environment.

What if it is dead? Would it turn white?

and yeah, sheds are all the same size.

haematocephalus · #5 (**permalink**) 14-07-2008, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by vbr666

haematocephalus what do you mean by: "I'm afraid I couldn't find your photos, could you have another go at posting them?"
You cant see my pictures in my previous post? How come I can see them normally?

No, I couldn't see them in your first post, I just got two boxes with red crosses in them. I can see them in your latest post, but I don't know what they are! I've never seen anything like that.

Martin

Martin Harvey