Re: Milky white spiders - thick legs

Posted by lei on October 11, 2003 at 18:31:18:

In Reply to: Milky white spiders - thick legs posted by Stella on September 11, 2003 at 14:16:38:

I think I found what it is, at least the kind I saw.

It's called a Crab spider and it's white with a flat body and thick legs. It usually hangs around vegetation, which explains why I found one on my Bamboo plant.

Try looking online for pictures and maybe you can identify it.

: I have these spiders on/in my car, and they grow
: to the size of a quarter! This is the 2nd summer
: I've had the car, and the 2nd summer they have
: appeared. My husband's car is beside mine, yet
: they are not on his car, so I assume they have
: a nest somewhere under the hood or trunk.

: Pest control does not sparay vehicles, does anyone
: know how to get these out/off of a car?

: Or what type of spider this is?
:

: Thanx,
: Extreme Bug-A-Phobe

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