2007-05-29 14:17:34 · 6 answers · asked by smokenfatwilly 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Depends - some spiders are common, and some are very distinctive, so a reasonably detailed description (size, color/patterns, location, any web, behavior, etc.) could lead someone to make a good estimate. If you can post a pic or a link to a photo, that's a big help. Generally it's not too hard to give an ID down to genus, but many spiders don't have common names, and there are quite a few that are hard to identify specifically without a low-power scope to look for features like hair patterns, structural features or etc. Many universities have someone who may be able to take a stab at it, even if he's not specifically a spider person.
2007-05-29 15:47:08 · answer #1 · answered by John R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fact: In other words, you have one color picture of one species of spider, and this magically enables you to tell how that species differs from hundreds of others of which you do not have pictures? Sorry, but it doesn't work that way.
In the first place, as noted elsewhere, naked-eye appearance is more deceptive than useful, in spider identification, to anyone but an experienced specialist. Furthermore, the appearance of one specimen of one species will give you no information on the differences between that species and similar ones, and no idea of how variable the species in question might be.
The geographic range of the species must also be considered. Even if your spider from Texas "looks just like" a photo from Belgium, the chances are that you have not made a correct identification.
No spider can be considered reliably identified unless a spider specialist has examined it under a microscope. Not even if it's identical to that photo you found, right down to the very last spot!
2007-05-29 15:34:59 · answer #2 · answered by LRB330 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer thoroughly particular even though it may well be a wolf spider.those are fairly elementary in California. I hate spiders too. Get a month-to-month pest administration provider. expenses round 30 to 40 funds a month. P.S. pass to google photo and style on your description or california spiders.
2016-10-18 11:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I need to ID a spider, I often refer to these awesome sites and almost always find a match:
http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&k...
http://www.whatsthatbug.com
2007-05-30 09:43:41 · answer #4 · answered by Advisorpro06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kill it, then look it up on Wikipedia.....rofl
2007-05-29 14:54:01 · answer #5 · answered by kunaistorm 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
search it weirdo..
2007-05-29 16:55:06 · answer #6 · answered by JAMILAH D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋