Spider help! Black, fat body, white heart shape in middle of body w/2 small white dots by it's butt. Two white lines on underside of body. Large head. Two bright green fangs. Scary and icky looking. Maybe not quite an inch long total. Any ideas?
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Sounds scary but not serious. The scary black spider is the Black Widow, which is mostly a southeastern pest. It has red markings and obnoxious venom. This one doesn't sound like a black widow. So that makes it one of the other spiders that is scary looking as can be, but relatively harmless (I am assuming you're a U.S. resident - there are other nasty spiders in other countries beside widow and recluse, which are our problem). Remember - a squished spider is still scary and icky. But if cleaned up properly is no longer a problem.
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I have also found a furry black spider with a heart shape and green fangs. Does anyone have a name?
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This is the Bold Jumper, Phidippus audax, one of the Jumping Spiders in the family Salticidae
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"angeline" has it, most likely a Bold jumper (a jumping spider). I have some pictures on my web page here: <http://www.dl-digital.com/spider.htm>
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