HTTP/2 301 date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 04:05:41 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 location: https://spiderbytes.org/comments/feed/ server: cloudflare nel: {"report_to":"cf-nel","success_fraction":0.0,"max_age":604800} last-modified: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:32:03 GMT etag: "ff9407517cfa2970f59ba33fa8adcecb" x-redirect-by: WordPress cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC report-to: {"group":"cf-nel","max_age":604800,"endpoints":[{"url":"https://a.nel.cloudflare.com/report/v4?s=sH9BkLCEZNBZR9AAqsxSE4uEfgXyjDboClUIBCMI30eLdcZbcxtdKIIsEcM6eR7%2Bcl6JKbNjuk7OLfvI6IbYwm8Dl0yXD6qT2u7DOmMqgQ%3D%3D"}]} cf-ray: 9c13ef455d6d8603-BOM alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 04:05:42 GMT Content-Type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Server: cloudflare Nel: {"report_to":"cf-nel","success_fraction":0.0,"max_age":604800} Last-Modified: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:32:03 GMT Report-To: {"group":"cf-nel","max_age":604800,"endpoints":[{"url":"https://a.nel.cloudflare.com/report/v4?s=GQlvxJqFC%2FOKbdg05sPjqRLZvVvArxObnLUAZAi%2FG%2BU0bcJBM7hbPPEp%2FOv%2BeGUtlJ6i%2FDAdlG8kRUdi7eUG%2FiLhD7Av%2BkWEUNRzH9RpgA%3D%3D"}]} Link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC ETag: W/"ff9407517cfa2970f59ba33fa8adcecb" Content-Encoding: gzip CF-RAY: 9c13ef47ef9f85ea-BOM alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 https://spiderbytes.org This is a blog about spiders (and other arachnids) Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 https://spiderbytes.org/2023/03/12/they-mostly-come-at-night-mostly/#comment-828305 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:21:02 +0000 https://spiderbytes.org/?p=2549#comment-828305 Read about your recent publication in the New York Times today. Congratulations! Very interesting story and great photographic documentation.

]]> https://spiderbytes.org/contact/#comment-810762 Sun, 08 Jan 2023 22:50:46 +0000 https://spiderbytes.org/?page_id=236#comment-810762 I love spiders so much! I have some at home and I let my tarantulas crawl all over me. I like the feeling of their little legs and hairs pinch and scratch at my skin, they are just so cute.

]]> https://spiderbytes.org/2015/06/08/how-to-tell-if-a-spider-is-not-a-brown-recluse/#comment-766407 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:57:24 +0000 https://spiderbytes.org/?p=1547#comment-766407 In reply to Cindy.

Please email me a photo. My email is on the “about me” page.

]]> https://spiderbytes.org/2022/08/23/the-global-spread-of-misinformation-on-spiders/#comment-766353 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:45:38 +0000 https://spiderbytes.org/?p=2514#comment-766353 Nice work! Good idea to create an expert database for journalists.

]]> https://spiderbytes.org/2013/12/05/getting-friendly-with-widow-spiders/#comment-764674 Sat, 20 Aug 2022 04:42:31 +0000 https://spiderbytes.org/?p=292#comment-764674 So I shouldn’t kill them because their bites won’t kill me? I hate killing anything. Spiders included. Feel like it’s bad karma. Thanks.

]]> https://spiderbytes.org/2015/06/08/how-to-tell-if-a-spider-is-not-a-brown-recluse/#comment-764606 Sat, 20 Aug 2022 01:28:32 +0000 https://spiderbytes.org/?p=1547#comment-764606 I found a spider on my pillow when I was getting ready for bed. It looks like a brown recluse. Can you tell me if it is. If you can email me I can send picture

]]> https://spiderbytes.org/contact/#comment-678388 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 16:08:40 +0000 https://spiderbytes.org/?page_id=236#comment-678388 I used this page to id a trash line orbweaver on my deck, and made sure to credit spiderbytes.org in my Instagram and FB posts. Helpful and amazing page. Best of luck in your career!

]]> https://spiderbytes.org/2015/04/06/a-ghost-spider-anyphaenidae/#comment-611165 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:53:33 +0000 https://spiderbytes.org/?p=1280#comment-611165 Great article- thanks! I just found one of these (I think, based on inaturalist) and ut was cool to read some info about them!

]]> https://spiderbytes.org/2015/07/09/web-reduction/#comment-610140 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 05:33:21 +0000 https://spiderbytes.org/?p=1683#comment-610140 This was a great experiment! The storyline was also quite fascinating. Great work!!

]]> https://spiderbytes.org/2015/06/08/how-to-tell-if-a-spider-is-not-a-brown-recluse/#comment-599226 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:13:11 +0000 https://spiderbytes.org/?p=1547#comment-599226 I’ve been having spiders in my apartment over the past year or so and I feel like they’re brown recluses but I can’t be sure because I’m not an expert. I have pictures of them and was wondering if you could help me figure out what kind of spider it is.

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