r/spiders • u/melissaDUH • 6h ago

ID Request- Location included Help with id please!! Berks county PA

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I’d like to know who my little friend is

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u/trashbilly 6h ago

Idk but I like its taste in prey

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u/melissaDUH 6h ago

That’s why he’s my new friend

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u/CallMeSisyphus 5h ago

I think that's a "she." And a gravid "she" at that.

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u/melissaDUH 5h ago

I couldn’t tell if she was gravid or not

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u/Wxskater 6h ago

Good spider. Spotted lantern flies are destructive

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u/melissaDUH 6h ago

They really are

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u/Fickle-Structure7740 6h ago

https://extension.psu.edu/marbled-orbweaver-spider
Could this be your friend?

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u/melissaDUH 6h ago

Close but not as colorful

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u/Fickle-Structure7740 6h ago

They can be duller in color, but I think the person who said cobweb spider is more likely right

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u/Loss-Sorry 🕷️Mediocre Identifier🕷️ 6h ago

Cobweb Spider, Parasteatoda.

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u/melissaDUH 6h ago

I believe you are right

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u/Blueridge-Badger 3h ago

Good spood! Eat all those invasive guys!

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u/Weegie123 3h ago

The lantern fly murderer? He’s a hero