# Id this spider **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 16, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider/589257 "2011-07-16T16:36:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider/589257/1 "2011-07-16T16:36:24Z")
Beneath [this smiling face](http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm119/badger60/?action=view¤t=spider.jpg) lurks the murderous brain of a spider. What kind? (Central South Carolina). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider/589257/2 "2011-07-16T16:45:04Z")
[Spiny orb weaver](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasteracantha_cancriformis). ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider/589257/3 "2011-07-16T16:46:48Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider/589257/4 "2011-07-16T18:11:16Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] Id this spider [/QUOTE] Oh, that’s Frank. Nice guy. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider/589257/5 "2011-07-16T19:38:14Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [Spiny orb weaver](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasteracantha_cancriformis). I’ve always referred to them / heard them called, “crab” spiders. 🙂 Another fine example of, “Ignorance, successfully fought!” 😃 Thank you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider/589257/6 "2011-07-16T19:48:08Z")
Disclaimer: I’m not any kind of spider expert–I’m just curious and my \*fu \* was working well at 9:40 this morning. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider/589257/7 "2011-07-16T22:21:29Z")
Huh. I saw one of these in Florida and was idly wondering. Thanks for making the thread. > [@JBDivmstr](#): > > I’ve always referred to them / heard them called, “crab” spiders. 🙂 > > Another fine example of, “Ignorance, successfully fought!” 😃 > > Thank you! 🙂 [Different guys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_spider). Although probably acceptable colloquialism/regionalism. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider/589257/8 "2011-07-17T03:17:42Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Huh. I saw one of these in Florida and was idly wondering. Thanks for making the thread. > > [Different guys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_spider). Although probably acceptable colloquialism/regionalism. Oooook, then! So, now we have “fought ignorance”, to an even deeper level! 😛 Thanks, lurking! 🙂 (And I’m sure, “crab” spiders everywhere thank you, also!) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![loshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@loshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loshan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-spider/589257/9 "2011-07-17T07:53:28Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Huh. I saw one of these in Florida and was idly wondering. Thanks for making the thread. > > [Different guys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_spider). Although probably acceptable colloquialism/regionalism. We always called those “lake” spiders. They creep me the f\*\*\* out. I was bitten on the face (and subsequently hospitalized for 4 days) last year by a hobo spider. Crab spiders still freak me out worse, even though I know they’re harmless. :eek: