@@sielsianguy Standard UK house spiders and cellar spiders mostly, but occasionally the odd Cardinal Spider. Saw a massive one back in September, 12cm leg span, in perfrect condition. Such an awesome specimen. Took it back to the riverbank up the street so it didn't end up wandering back into my bathroom. At my old place I'd find woodlouse spiders outside near the shed, and the odd wolf spider inside the shed.
One of my favourite behaviour traits of the cellar spider is, when it feels threatened it will start to shake the web really fast. It is really impressive to see.
sometimes when im bored i touch them and it always makes me very happy seeing them going insane in fast circles.... they are like too00OOrrrNAADDOeoeOOo its probably verrrrry mean of me, but its just so funny
@@shadowkilla1093 no, you are probably stressing it out a little bit, but you are not really harming the little guy. It is quite entertaining to watch them spin.
@@EgonSorensen whenever I got close to it, the cellar spider felt threatened so it would be defensive, but I didn't know it was trying to be invisible. That would make sense though as those things are so thin and moving at that speed, it certainly would be hard to track if an insect or a bird wanted it for lunch.
Oh that’s what two of em were doing in my bathroom. They made each other spin. I thought I jarred the web with the toilet lid or something. Great to know. ✌🏾
I had a cob web spider beside my kitchen sink one time and she was the best pest patrol ever. I hate spraying poison around the kitchen area. She kept my kitchen free from stink bugs, that for whatever reason decided to start invading there. I told anyone that came over to not mess with her or her web. She became like a pet to me and my wife and we didn’t even like spiders at the time. We would even feed her little bugs we’d find roaming around. She sure changed our view about them. Now if we ever see one we leave them be, and let them have their little slice of paradise in our home, undisturbed.
Right? I've seen some massive ones. So I thought. Not sure if that one is just a different species of the ones here in the Midwest US or what but it was huge.
I had one that big on my shower curtain. Brushed against my face as i was getting in. It was fist sized. Thankfully i was getting into the shower, because i indeed pooped a little.
Very nicely done, Spencer. Was an absolute pleasure to work with you, and you cut it all together brilliantly. Love that huge wolfie - absolutely gorgeous spider!
Hey, sir! Thank you for taking part in the video and sharing your knowledge! Every voice advocating for the misunderstood life forms around us is so important. Also…great name. My name is Travis also. 😄
I have a symbiotic relationship with one of the spiders I found. I have a window that has a tiny gap for gnats and fruit flies to slip in, and they always chew through any seal I put in place. So I took the spider and placed it in between the screen and the glass, and she's managed to catch everything trying to come through. I even saw her with presumably a male, and she's grown tremendously since I first placed her there, leading me to believe she's expecting. Never thought I'd say, "good girl" to a spider. Update: she's passed on :(
I had a roach infestation for about 6 months and I was freaked out everyday. Psychologically it was getting to me.. then one day I saw a spider...with in a week the roaches were gone.. I am sure that was not the only spider in my house.. sure enough I saw quite a few during that week and apparently the word got out to just about every spider.. "free room and bored!" man they earned their keep. I never saw a roach again.. I was so happy. I know this sounds weird but I felt so safe with those 8 legged guys hunting.. and unless you have a really bad roach infestation appear, you will never know what I mean.
Ironically ye, I had a roach infestation, and then spiders eventually came in 6 years later. The roaches are pretty much gone, and all I see is the occasional spider roaming around. Sure there are a few roaches around, but I only see them every now and again as opposed to every fucking minute.
I used to be afraid of spiders, but after owning my own house and dealing with flies, mosquitoes, and roaches, i welcome them in my house. I just dont want them to suprise me.
one of the best videos ive watched. I have SEVERE arachnophobia. To the point where when i see the spider in the start of spider-man I have to look away from the screen. Ive been trying to get over my arachnophobia by watching yt videos on them occasionally. This not only taught me about spiders, but made me more at ease from them. I like your channel, even though im shaking out of fear while watching videos!
@@Bye_everyone000i got the fear of wasps. Im cool witb bees met a bee farmer they chilled in my hair. I take a big walk around wasps and hate them even being near me. Had one ating my nose as a kid and cause one of my first schizophrenic hallucinations.
@@Bye_everyone000I'm not scared of them but a few summers ago I got stung by a wasp as I was picking fruit from my garden and it was probably the most painful experience I've had
I had a phiddipus audax living in my house for almost a year, and it developed a funny and particular pattern it would do every day - it would do a slow, methodical lap around the edges of the living room ceiling. I always called it the perimeter check. I really enjoyed watching it do its little patrol. It was also very aware of me - I was working from home at the time and had my desk in the living room, and I would see it come over and watch me sometimes. Once in awhile I would look up and find that it had dropped on a thread to hang next to me, just getting a closer look. A curious little creature. You hit the nail on the head comparing them to cats - I always think of them as little cats too.
I envy peoples ability to be so calm with spiders. Im quite calm when I see one, but if I feel or see it near me I cant take my eyes of it. I dont know if I have a weird issue but im really trying to get over it by watching videos like these.
@wingdingdmetrius8025 They are cute but I live in a country where spiders are very small. So a bigger spider would prolly still scare me. No matter how friendly it looks. It's the legs and the freaky crawl they do and the way they hang on threads.
When I was taking an arthropod biology course in college I was told “whatever you do, don’t kill cellar spiders. They’re the oldest roommates to humans and they will be more than happy to keep you safe from actual dangerous spiders”. Cellar spiders are friends not your enemies.
@@Felsparx Just clear out the cobwebs when the cellar spiders are done with them, much better to have cellar spiders sitting around in corners quietly than giant house spiders running back and forth.
Cellar spiders are definitely underrated. Here in the UK there was our version of a house spider (as big as you'll see here) in my bathroom in one corner. In another corner was a cellar spider and like David and Goliath, a day later the cellar spider took him out, which completely surprised my uneducated self. Since then I have a new found respect for something that used to freak me out.
I don't really mind them making a web in some obscure corner. They literally vibe on their webs all day. The cellar spiders are like the OG pest control too as I am sure they kill many bugs you don't want coming up from the basement.
It was a great surprise to see my 2 favorite spider "hunters" content creators working together! Loved it, and wouldn't mind more in the future, for sure!
I leave them alone. They eat any wandering bugs. I find piles of dead roley Poley carcasses in the corner. Plus the jumping spiders help with my indoor plants. They are friends!
Here in Japan, we sometimes get the massive huntsman spiders bigger than our hands wandering into our houses. But despite the jump scare factor, they usually only wander in when there are prey insects to be found inside and then leave just as suddenly once they take care of the problem. I had one sitting outside in front of my front door staring up at the door a while ago and was like, "please, you don't want to come in, there is nothing for you." I do have tons of little jumping spiders though. Haven't seen as many recently, but at one point, I could count 7 males in my room at one time.
I would wake up a few hours later from PASSING OUT if I stumbled upon a spider the size of my hand when I picked up a blanket. I know spiders get a bad wrap, but that is a little much for me. They need to stop sneaking around and we'll be alright haha.
Love these "debunking" videos. So many people here in Los Angeles believe cellar spiders are actually brown recluse. I welcome them. A little too much. My fiancé says we have way too many now. 😂
Yeah I'm from Nebraska, where brown recluse are common enough that you would think most people would be able to identify what they look like. But sadly, most people see any brown-ish spider and think it's always a brown recluse.
Same, I honestly just let the non-threatening spiders live in my house. They kill other bugs, they regulate each other too and they don't bite me so why wouldn't I want them to keep pests away?
@@escapetherace1943 house centipedes are another one that get a bad rap. They don't cause any damage, rarely would bite people, and they kill practically every pest that would be in your house, including spiders.
Fantastic video!!! Rlly nice to see Travis featured as well… with every upload you de-stigmatize these beautiful creatures even more, honestly it’s just so refreshing to see a relatively large creator who doesn’t intentionally fear monger or sensationalize our creepy crawly companions. On a different note… hopefully you’ll be able to film yellow sac spiders and hobo spiders on your own someday :)
I’m not sure what spiders I see but I saw some just recently, I was changing a garbage and one lil dude crawled out. I just made sure he got to his new destination and moved on. We live in total harmony. I love spiders.💜
Last I saw my cellar spider, he was headed up the back wall of my bathroom. He is a hardy little fella, the fact he has survived my cats for more than 3 days is a real testament to his cunning.
I really liked the flow of this video, no segment felt like it dragged or was unnecessary and I learned a ton even in those condensed presentations. I think you executed on the ex situ presentation style well, you’re giving me some ideas of what we could do with our new videos. Great work man!
I have at least 3 or 4 brown house spiders which live in the corners of my ceilings. They keep my fruit fly population in check, so I never hurt them. If I catch them roaming in my bathroom or kitchen, I move them elsewhere.
Do you mean cellar spiders? Because "Daddy Long Legs" or "Daddy Long Leg spider" is a common name for both cellar spiders (Pholcidae) and also harvestmen (Opiliones).
I can’t stand them they are some of the creepiest spiders out there how can you love a spider what about it is cute a cat and a dog are cute some of them anyways but no way your convincing me a spider is cute
@@jameson1465 no it’s not lol and a cat with 6 eyes and eight legs sounds like something straight off of a horror film it sounds disgusting and horrifying
i don't have cellar spiders in my area, sadly enough but I always wanted some. I do have hobo, brown recluse ,jumping spider, giant house spider, and on occasion an occasional wolf spider that got lost and wandered in by accident. I've interacted with hundreds of these spiders in my home over the decades, and they are no bother at all. I just gently coax them only my hand and carry them to my basement or laundry room to act as free pest control if it is too cold outside to let them out. Never once have I been bitten and that is because I am careful for them to see my hand as just another bit of terrain to walk on, NOT a predator or other threat. So I am very glad there are folks out there making these videos to educate people. I think half the fear is due to a total lack of understand or knowledge of them which ends up in more bites because if they were calm rather than acting like a rampaging Godzilla, the spiders wouldn't feel the need to fight for their live sin one of the only ways they have available to them. Thanks so much for all these videos!
what a funny comment... but i just cant be sane w something like a brown recluse/ black widow in my home.. but i definitely wouldnt cause them to attack me.. good on you but i couldnt pick them up
@@ArthurKirklandsFavorite No, not really. The largest common spider I'm aware of is the "cardinal spider", and that thing caps out at a leg span of 2 inches. The most dangerous is probably the "false widow", and that's just because they can bite, not because their bite does any damage, really. If you are worried about our wildlife here in the UK, just remember that our most dangerous wild animal in the country is the badger, and a lot of our bugs look goofy asf. Look up "candy striped spider" or "zebra jumping spider". Even the UK's version of the huntsman spider is harmless ("green huntsman spider").
7:50 Every time I see a tan jumping spider I think of my spood 😢I had her for about a year and found her in a death curl one morning with no prior signs. she was extremely cute and inquisitive and made me change my mind about spiders and she was the first spider i got to see actively hunt something which was awesome to see I will always remember my mamas . Ps mamas was her name i called her that a few times and it stuck.
I LOVE jumping spiders. They're so cute. I have jumping spiders living in my study probably cuz the window doesnt seal perfectly. Luckily they seem to take care of all the unwanted bugs and sometimes they just come out to take a look around and watch me draw. Absolutely adorable.
I already know so much about spiders, I have owned wild spiders, like wolf and jumping spiders, and honestly, I watch these videos mostly just to get any knowledge I don't already have. I also just love your content.
Once as a small kid, I remember we had a jumping spider living in my parents bed room, mostly chilling on the ceiling. They wanted to get rid of it. But I said, that he was my friend and so the spider stayed. For long:)
This is one of my favorite videos you’ve done, Master Spencer. I think everyone would benefit from seeing it. Those cellar spiders appear fragile, but they are surprisingly tough when it comes to taking on other spiders. I’ve seen footage of them shooting web from a distance. Fascinating spiders. But then, they all are in their own way, and all have an important purpose in their ecosystem.
Great video, and a wonderful collaboration with Travis! It was funny seeing your house become a sort of wild setting. The attic was a great spot to shoot- dark, creepy, mysterious, and still indoors. 😁
one time when i was at work i saw a spider that had a very similar body shape to a black widow, except instead of being all black it had a zebra-like black and white pattern that seemingly spiraled outward from the center of its abdomen, and the edges of the lines had a slight ridge sort of look to them. even after spending countless hours watching youtube videos about all kinds of interesting spiders over the years, i've never seen anything quite like it. sadly, it scurried away and hid before i could get a picture of it. i also didn't see the bottom of it so i can't say for sure if it was a black widow or not. i tried doing some digging, and so far as i could tell it was either the most unique black widow i've ever seen or some undescribed species, because i couldn't find anything else that looked even remotely similar to it. i'd bet it was more than likely just a unique looking black widow given my location, but the ridging in the lines on its back really throws me off still. bugs me to this day that i didn't see the bottom of it or get a picture, cause that one was really cool. wish i could share it with my fellow spider nerds lol
Hey, I've had a similar encounter. When I was a teen, I found a spider that I ALSO thought of as "zebra-like", identical to what you described. It had a pretty decent size to it, not big per se, but not small either. Bigger than a quarter for sure, maybe slightly smaller than a half-dollar. It's body had a moderate roundness/ mass to it, too. It was on a web in one of my mom's flower gardens. Upsate NY (Saratoga County). I thought it was a Black Widow with zebra markings as well, and was scared to go near it, yet I was fascinated enough to keep trying to spy on it. To this day, I don't know what it was. Funny that we both thought it was a Black Widow, and thought of zebras.
I’m a biologist too. I love spiders and I keep several species in my classroom to show students that they are our friends. Currently I have a female Western black widow and a Carolina wolf. Both are hunters which makes them so much cooler than most spiders. My widow is so intelligent that she built a web over the opening of the cage. When I feed her, the cricket gets caught in the web and she comes running over to kill it (widows don’t usually catch prey in their webs but instead use them to sleep in for protection and go out to hunt). The only web in the whole tank covers the entrance. Hilarious
I have a lot of those cellar spiders in my apartment, several of them around one window where I have some plants that generate a lot of small fruit fly like insects (not sure if they actually *are* fruit flies though) and *one* of the spiders is so unbelievably successful, that her entire net is full of those fruit flies (I'm just gonna keep calling them that). I tried to re-home one of the other cellar spiders to that place because of the abundance of food there (and the annoyance to me where she was before since she made her net around some *other* plants that I frequently pick up and put aside to open that specific window), buuuut, she, for some reason, went back to her old location and apparently isn't bothered by me destroying her net every day. Edit: to the hobo spider: I don't know *what* you'd need to do to make one of them bite, so respect to the scientist(s) who managed to that, but the amount of hobo spiders I caught when I was a child playing out in the fields just so I can look at their pretty pattern closer, let's me know for a fact that these spiders are anything but aggressive. They try their damned hardest to get away from you. Edit 2: I think I just confused the hobo spider with another spider that runs around in fields,.... also brown-beige but with darker brown stripes going down their abdomen,.... that's the spider I have in my memory,... 🤔
My cousin told me having cellar spiders in your house is good luck. I know she's full of it but they do eat other bugs that want to intrude, so I just leave them, when they're gone I just clean their web up! Love the channel
Me and my friend found a jumping spider of some sort in our class, I hate spiders, but I adored this one. We instantly decided it had more character than everyone in the class, it’s side-stepping and hopping about was adorable.
As a kid, I used to be really creeped out, by cellar spiders, they would be in little corners of our home, both inside, and out, in southern California, where I grew up, great video Spencer, see you next Saturday 🙂
Yay Travis! So happy to see his name get out there on other channels. As much as I dislike spiders, I watch his channel because I love to learn and he's helped me understand the spiders that live around me.
The cellar spiders are savage and brave, they literally hunt down a large yellow sac spider that was just roaming lmao. These guys don’t let their size get in the way of obtaining food lol
Being in Scotland, most spiders live in doors as there are no snorkels for the rain or scarves and mittens for the cold small enough My partner and her son are terrified of spiders so I need to move quick during mating season (when they go out their way to stand on white walls to be seen) so I can catch and release before they’re battered into an 8ft smudge We recently switched from carpet to wooden flooring and there were spiders belting across the floor every 2 days. My partner thought the flooring somehow brought spiders out from all corners of the house. She seemed less pleased when I suggested this probably happened all the time, we just never saw them on the dark carpet. She now wants the whole house floored and some kinda spider defence system in place - which will no doubt be me and a large jar
I don’t know why I watched this because I knew it would cover what’s common in North America, here in the UK I think the only thing close that I’ve seen is a cellar spider looking thing in houses
It’s Saturday night so it’s date night with Spencer! This is a really cool video since we all encounter spiders in our homes. I’ve always figured that spiders did good pest control in the house so I generally leave them alone unless they’ve built a web in an inconvenient place. I don’t let black widows or brown recluses stay inside, but just about any other small spider can stay. We get wolf spiders inside occasionally and they’ll get escorted out just because they’re big and don’t need to be underfoot. Cobweb spiders seem to be the most common that we see in our house; I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a cellar spider here. Unfortunately, brown recluses are fairly common here as well, and I’ve been bitten by one that was hiding in the bedsheets. Left me with an open sore on my arm about the size of a quarter that took months to heal. We got all new windows and doors a couple of years ago, which cut down the number of spiders we saw inside pretty dramatically. We still will see one occasionally, but we see far fewer. That might be because we see far fewer insects of all sorts, so any spider that wanders in won’t have much of a food source. We have, however, had mice in the house for the first time in the two decades we’ve lived here, and we have no idea how the mice are getting in…
It's so awesome you and Travis are buddies. It's definitely a small world. I'm subbed to him also. You guys are awesome, it's nice to see you Collab with him and Jack.
Absolutely love this channel! Love this collab too! Thank you for all of your hard work and amazing quality content. I always look forward to your vid drops
I just discovered Travis McEnery a few months ago. Imagine my delight to see him here! There is such a great community on TH-cam for spiders and it is always great seeing creators working together.
He is a legend. One of the best spider-focused creators I think I’ve ever seen. So glad we were able to connect, planning more collaborative work this spring!
I let spiders do their thing. I am in the UK and there's no danger from spiders, and they are actually beneficial to have around as they are a natural form of pest control.
I live out in the country. At night you can shine a light across the grass & see all sorts of spiders eyes shining back. It's pretty kool. Kind of scary too..
You nailed it with this one. I enjoyed it so much! You're the reason I actually examine spiders now so learning all this cool stuff is amazing!! Looking forward to your merch my dear! Have a wonderful weekend!
We have a south facing patio with an overhang (in colorado) and it's a favorite spot for bold jumping spiders! they get pretty large, the biggest ones being about the size of a penny! The best part is, being active hunters that don't spin wevs, our front porch is pretty much cob web free! the bolds eat all those pesky cob web spiders... Every so often one of them will find their way into our home, and we have to escort them back outside. It's endearing and very cute how if you approach them they'll spin around and look at you like you've startled them 😅
@@MyWildBackyard saw one in my house and it’s been defending my door step ever since. One day I saw it fend off 3 small wolf spiders and it won I was so proud
They played too many videogames and were like "I want to have a really cool special ability and I want it to be a range attack with a movement impeding effect and also poison!"
Little rectification for the cellar spider : their venom is actually very weak, even against arthropods. The reason why they're able to take down big insects and even large spiders like Tegenaria sp. is thanks to their extremely long legs that they use to entangle their prey in silk while keeping a safe distance between them. It's only when the prey is entirely wrapped up in web that they inflict the bite and start eating.
Omg the collab happened. Love having known that ahead of time. After seeing this vid I think I misidentified a hobo spider as some sort of weird wolf spider. Must've been nice to have such easy access to the subjects for this one :)
Spencer and Travis THANK YOU!!! I live in North Carolina, and you have answered almost all my most burning questions about the spiders in my house! My friends think I'm - well - a little off center because I don't much clean out cobwebs, but I do love my girls. I'm always amazed at how long they seem to live, too. Am I right, or just mistaken?
I'll also try to keep any spider in my apartment at least during winter season, as I've heard from another animal youtuber, that cellar and house spiders can get freeze to death, when it's really cold outside. I have for example a cellar spider right now sitting in a corner of my bathroom ceiling, minding his (or her?) business and a small house spider in my living room. Once it gets warmer outside, I'll set them off on my balcony, where they can crawl somewhere else, but will probably end up in my apartment again, because they will find another way in. But for now, they can rest and hunt here, if they are lucky to find some food...
You didn't mention that widows usually are close to the ground or in tight spaces, with a random assortment of "roof to floor" type webs. There are also "false widows" with the same types of webs, that weave the same webs true widows do. Widow webs are actually some of the scariest in practice in my opinion. The fact that the spiders are very patient and will actually wait when something is caught, because its prey struggling actually wraps it further and causes it to "climb" up the strand of silk to the waiting spider. I am very happy you mentioned ACTUAL brown recluses are nicknamed the violin spider. It makes it much easier for people to identify them to know about the violin patch
I’ll usually end up with a cellar spider right by the back door when it gets warm out and I’ll usually let it hang out because they tend to snag a lot of flies that get in.
Found a black widow in my Jeep 2 weeks ago after putting the back seat back in. I keep it in the basement here in NY and was in a rush so I didn't bag it up last time. Cars aren't safe either, my dude.
I had a jumping spider move in. He took naps in my window, and had a routine patrol of the corners. He was the first spider I didnt fear, and was smart enough to never get too close.
Found a Wolf Spider in my house a while back. Caught him running across the tile, got a clear container and captured him, took a few pictures, and carefully let him out back into the grass. Very neat looking spider!
"There's probably a spider watching you right now." Uh, yeah. Cellar spiders are welcome in my room. This little guy that hangs out in the alcove behind my monitor, that's Franklin. Up in the corner there, that's Mabel, looks like she caught something fat. In the opposite corner is Charlotte, and a little closer to the window is Gertrude, normally just Gert. They get to hang around because we also get a lot of giant house spiders that I really cannot stand, but these little guys will absolutely catch and kill the big ones along with a bunch of other mosquitoes and stuff.
Worked for a company in appalachia. They kept a lot of their records in a storage shed off property that they rarely accessed. Think a large detached garage. The entire thing was filled with cardboard boxes and paper. The one time I went in there were thousands of spiders and many were brown recluse. A few weeks later a terminator confirmed it. They have up trying to control the shed due to its location and abundant holes/cracks. It was nightmare fuel.
The two of you in this video are the two people who have helped me start overcoming my arachnophobia ❤ Thank you to you both, I leave thankful comments all the time on both of your channels, thank you for helping me take control of part of my life that caused me a massive amount of anxiety for 30 years ❤
Cellar, jumping, and parson spiders are fine to completely ignore. Parson spiders are too shy and fast, but cellar and jumping spiders are fine to interact with once they are used to you. But, leave cellar spiders alone in their webs, lest you get them caught in their own web. Jumping Spiders however can actually be played with, as long as you are gentle. It'll take them time to trust you, but they are curious.
All species of house spider are basically allowed in my home, they do their job and while sure I see them often wander around normally the only interactions I end up having with them is when I have to save them from the sink they've slipped into or when I've gotta move them to a different part of the house because they're getting a little too cheeky. Lol If it's a species that I KNOW can safely live outside I'll relocate it outside, but if it's a species designed to live in houses and will die if moved outside I never put them out they're ALWAYS moved to just somewhere else in the house where I think they'll be more useful like the kitchen or sometimes the garage.
Ohh that's what my little Eloise was! A cellar spider! She was a darling, and I spoke to her everyday when I did the laundry. She was one of the few spiders I wasn't as scared of.. I'm still trying to get over my fear of spiders by learning more about them, and she really helped me with that.. I don't want to be afraid of spiders, and my Eloise helped me a lot with that :)
Interesting piece about the cellar spider and calling out the arms race story. I would have assumed the same thing. It's rare a venom develops to one specific type rather than just being effective to all types. Great video! I subscribed
I've come into close contact with Yellow Sac Spiders before but they've never actually crawled onto my hand. They've never bit me, so they don't scare me.
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What spiders do you see in YOUR house?
mostly grass spiders
We done seen a tarantula in our kitchen 😭😭
Eratigena atrica, Pholcus cf. atropos, Steatoda triangulosa, Parasteatoda tepidariorum and maybe some i don't know about
Cellar, small wolf spiders an occasional jumping and woodlouse spider. We used to have MANY yellow sac, but haven't seen a single one in years.
@@sielsianguy Standard UK house spiders and cellar spiders mostly, but occasionally the odd Cardinal Spider. Saw a massive one back in September, 12cm leg span, in perfrect condition. Such an awesome specimen. Took it back to the riverbank up the street so it didn't end up wandering back into my bathroom.
At my old place I'd find woodlouse spiders outside near the shed, and the odd wolf spider inside the shed.
"There's a spider watching you right now."
*Looks over at my 3 tarantulas*
Me looking at my black widow lmao
Australia simulator
U need help getting rid of them?
Me not looking at the daddy longlegs in my garage because they are technically not spiders:
@@Enzo-Cheemsburger harvestman? Yeah technically not, most people call cellar spiders daddy long legs but cellar spiders are actual spiders
One of my favourite behaviour traits of the cellar spider is, when it feels threatened it will start to shake the web really fast. It is really impressive to see.
sometimes when im bored i touch them and it always makes me very happy seeing them going insane in fast circles.... they are like too00OOrrrNAADDOeoeOOo
its probably verrrrry mean of me, but its just so funny
@@shadowkilla1093 no, you are probably stressing it out a little bit, but you are not really harming the little guy. It is quite entertaining to watch them spin.
@@lestat1uk I heard it was a defense mechanism, 'to become invisible' to their enemies
Seen it too and did a search a long time ago
@@EgonSorensen whenever I got close to it, the cellar spider felt threatened so it would be defensive, but I didn't know it was trying to be invisible. That would make sense though as those things are so thin and moving at that speed, it certainly would be hard to track if an insect or a bird wanted it for lunch.
Oh that’s what two of em were doing in my bathroom. They made each other spin. I thought I jarred the web with the toilet lid or something. Great to know. ✌🏾
I had a cob web spider beside my kitchen sink one time and she was the best pest patrol ever. I hate spraying poison around the kitchen area. She kept my kitchen free from stink bugs, that for whatever reason decided to start invading there. I told anyone that came over to not mess with her or her web. She became like a pet to me and my wife and we didn’t even like spiders at the time. We would even feed her little bugs we’d find roaming around. She sure changed our view about them. Now if we ever see one we leave them be, and let them have their little slice of paradise in our home, undisturbed.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend!
That wolf spider is an absolute unit. If I found that in my house I wouldn’t sleep ever again.
I like your crotch pumpkin. Did you court it?
theyre so cute tho
Right? I've seen some massive ones. So I thought. Not sure if that one is just a different species of the ones here in the Midwest US or what but it was huge.
Wait till you hear hear about the huntsmans we have in Australia
I had one that big on my shower curtain. Brushed against my face as i was getting in. It was fist sized. Thankfully i was getting into the shower, because i indeed pooped a little.
I love that you called the jumping spider a little cat. I've always called them 8-leggeded kittens. Moths are sky kittens.
I call them confused butterflies
As an arachnophobe I'll play with them like tiny cats in the grass. They 100% get the cute pass from me.
Yeah wait till you get a moth infestation. They eat any and all fabrics and destroy them. Try calling them cute sky kittens after that 😂😂
@@aeureus and die and shed wings in your food area and you end up having a moth wing in your bread
That is exactly what cats do, though
Very nicely done, Spencer. Was an absolute pleasure to work with you, and you cut it all together brilliantly. Love that huge wolfie - absolutely gorgeous spider!
It was great to see you featured here! Your yellow sac spider video was truly illuminating for me. Keep up the great work!
Two legendary content creators, a dream collaboration :D
Hey, sir! Thank you for taking part in the video and sharing your knowledge! Every voice advocating for the misunderstood life forms around us is so important.
Also…great name. My name is Travis also. 😄
Wow!!!
You two need to collab more, I love both of your videos on spiders.
I have a symbiotic relationship with one of the spiders I found. I have a window that has a tiny gap for gnats and fruit flies to slip in, and they always chew through any seal I put in place. So I took the spider and placed it in between the screen and the glass, and she's managed to catch everything trying to come through. I even saw her with presumably a male, and she's grown tremendously since I first placed her there, leading me to believe she's expecting. Never thought I'd say, "good girl" to a spider.
Update: she's passed on :(
Rip Spider :(
Hopefully if she was pregnant you’ll get lots of replacements next year. 👍
that's an amazing story! i have a similar relationship with a spider myself, rest in peace ♥️
Oh no!
I had a roach infestation for about 6 months and I was freaked out everyday. Psychologically it was getting to me.. then one day I saw a spider...with in a week the roaches were gone.. I am sure that was not the only spider in my house.. sure enough I saw quite a few during that week and apparently the word got out to just about every spider.. "free room and bored!" man they earned their keep. I never saw a roach again.. I was so happy. I know this sounds weird but I felt so safe with those 8 legged guys hunting.. and unless you have a really bad roach infestation appear, you will never know what I mean.
i have spiders in my home everywhere and i really dont need to worrie about other insects XD these guys make thier job good !!
Ironically ye, I had a roach infestation, and then spiders eventually came in 6 years later. The roaches are pretty much gone, and all I see is the occasional spider roaming around. Sure there are a few roaches around, but I only see them every now and again as opposed to every fucking minute.
I trash talked my spiders one time for not catching any bugs, immediately my flies disappeared and today I found a pile of mud daubers under one's web
@@D4Skeweryou still see roaches 6 years later? 💀 where do you live?
Fr, spiders are a big part of our very own natural home security
I used to be afraid of spiders, but after owning my own house and dealing with flies, mosquitoes, and roaches, i welcome them in my house. I just dont want them to suprise me.
Surprise*
I love how you encourage others to gently put them outside. Cellar spiders are also great for protecting your plants from other bugs
Cellar Spooders are real heroes x3
one of the best videos ive watched. I have SEVERE arachnophobia. To the point where when i see the spider in the start of spider-man I have to look away from the screen. Ive been trying to get over my arachnophobia by watching yt videos on them occasionally.
This not only taught me about spiders, but made me more at ease from them. I like your channel, even though im shaking out of fear while watching videos!
I have spekaphobia or this thing where I’m scared of wasp, bees , yellow jackets and hornets, etc.
I’ve realized how bad it was when I was walking my dog outside and I saw a wasp so I ran inside and nearly fainted and was very shocked and scared
@@Bye_everyone000i got the fear of wasps. Im cool witb bees met a bee farmer they chilled in my hair. I take a big walk around wasps and hate them even being near me. Had one ating my nose as a kid and cause one of my first schizophrenic hallucinations.
@@Bye_everyone000I'm not scared of them but a few summers ago I got stung by a wasp as I was picking fruit from my garden and it was probably the most painful experience I've had
knowledge is power!
the more you know your fear, the less you will be scared of spiders, disgust may remain, or replace the fear, but thats progress!
I had a phiddipus audax living in my house for almost a year, and it developed a funny and particular pattern it would do every day - it would do a slow, methodical lap around the edges of the living room ceiling. I always called it the perimeter check. I really enjoyed watching it do its little patrol. It was also very aware of me - I was working from home at the time and had my desk in the living room, and I would see it come over and watch me sometimes. Once in awhile I would look up and find that it had dropped on a thread to hang next to me, just getting a closer look. A curious little creature. You hit the nail on the head comparing them to cats - I always think of them as little cats too.
I envy peoples ability to be so calm with spiders.
Im quite calm when I see one, but if I feel or see it near me I cant take my eyes of it. I dont know if I have a weird issue but im really trying to get over it by watching videos like these.
@@TheWeen344the one OP is talking about is a jumping spider. very cute
@wingdingdmetrius8025 They are cute but I live in a country where spiders are very small. So a bigger spider would prolly still scare me. No matter how friendly it looks. It's the legs and the freaky crawl they do and the way they hang on threads.
I wish I had a wild spider like that
When I was taking an arthropod biology course in college I was told “whatever you do, don’t kill cellar spiders. They’re the oldest roommates to humans and they will be more than happy to keep you safe from actual dangerous spiders”. Cellar spiders are friends not your enemies.
They help me with my bug problem. I think of it as commissioning them lol.
too late, he's dead
All well and good but I'd rather not have my home look like a haunted house.
@@Felsparx Just clear out the cobwebs when the cellar spiders are done with them, much better to have cellar spiders sitting around in corners quietly than giant house spiders running back and forth.
Cellar spiders are definitely underrated. Here in the UK there was our version of a house spider (as big as you'll see here) in my bathroom in one corner. In another corner was a cellar spider and like David and Goliath, a day later the cellar spider took him out, which completely surprised my uneducated self. Since then I have a new found respect for something that used to freak me out.
Yeah cellar spiders are your friend because they actually hunt big and scary spiders for you despite their smaller size, these guys are beasts.
I don't really mind them making a web in some obscure corner. They literally vibe on their webs all day. The cellar spiders are like the OG pest control too as I am sure they kill many bugs you don't want coming up from the basement.
MyWildBackyard got me over arachnophobia, and Travis McEnery fed my newfound interest in spiders.
Great to see this collab, and thank you to you both!
Glad to do it! Thanks for all your support!
Thanks so much, I think we both enjoyed doing it!
It was a great surprise to see my 2 favorite spider "hunters" content creators working together! Loved it, and wouldn't mind more in the future, for sure!
Help me sir
I leave them alone. They eat any wandering bugs. I find piles of dead roley Poley carcasses in the corner. Plus the jumping spiders help with my indoor plants. They are friends!
Here in Japan, we sometimes get the massive huntsman spiders bigger than our hands wandering into our houses. But despite the jump scare factor, they usually only wander in when there are prey insects to be found inside and then leave just as suddenly once they take care of the problem. I had one sitting outside in front of my front door staring up at the door a while ago and was like, "please, you don't want to come in, there is nothing for you." I do have tons of little jumping spiders though. Haven't seen as many recently, but at one point, I could count 7 males in my room at one time.
I would wake up a few hours later from PASSING OUT if I stumbled upon a spider the size of my hand when I picked up a blanket. I know spiders get a bad wrap, but that is a little much for me. They need to stop sneaking around and we'll be alright haha.
@@brandonmiller7122 .... let's put bells on spiders.
You guys must have small hands.
Huh interesting I couldn’t find any spiders when I went to japan
@@dreamsprayanimation or big spiders
I am only ok with jumping spiders. I have a pet phidippus regius named Spinderella, and she is adorable.
Oh my god, I love that name!
@@anonymoose6903 ty beanie babies released a jumping spider plush recently named Spinderella. But I had my little lady long before that came out.
Cellar spiders the only thing to truly appreciate "Bane of Arthropods V"
Love these "debunking" videos. So many people here in Los Angeles believe cellar spiders are actually brown recluse. I welcome them. A little too much. My fiancé says we have way too many now. 😂
😂 just tell your fiancée they eat all the bad spiders!
Better for them to be there than all the ones they're eating!
Yeah I'm from Nebraska, where brown recluse are common enough that you would think most people would be able to identify what they look like. But sadly, most people see any brown-ish spider and think it's always a brown recluse.
Same, I honestly just let the non-threatening spiders live in my house. They kill other bugs, they regulate each other too and they don't bite me so why wouldn't I want them to keep pests away?
@@escapetherace1943 house centipedes are another one that get a bad rap. They don't cause any damage, rarely would bite people, and they kill practically every pest that would be in your house, including spiders.
Fantastic video!!! Rlly nice to see Travis featured as well… with every upload you de-stigmatize these beautiful creatures even more, honestly it’s just so refreshing to see a relatively large creator who doesn’t intentionally fear monger or sensationalize our creepy crawly companions.
On a different note… hopefully you’ll be able to film yellow sac spiders and hobo spiders on your own someday :)
Pacific Northwest trip next year! That’s the plan- sac spiders and hobo spiders. I wanna do bite tests too
I’m not sure what spiders I see but I saw some just recently, I was changing a garbage and one lil dude crawled out. I just made sure he got to his new destination and moved on. We live in total harmony. I love spiders.💜
Last I saw my cellar spider, he was headed up the back wall of my bathroom. He is a hardy little fella, the fact he has survived my cats for more than 3 days is a real testament to his cunning.
I really liked the flow of this video, no segment felt like it dragged or was unnecessary and I learned a ton even in those condensed presentations. I think you executed on the ex situ presentation style well, you’re giving me some ideas of what we could do with our new videos. Great work man!
I have at least 3 or 4 brown house spiders which live in the corners of my ceilings. They keep my fruit fly population in check, so I never hurt them. If I catch them roaming in my bathroom or kitchen, I move them elsewhere.
Anyone else call them daddy long legs?😂😂😂
I didn't know the real name
i usually call them harvestmen
Do you mean cellar spiders? Because "Daddy Long Legs" or "Daddy Long Leg spider" is a common name for both cellar spiders (Pholcidae) and also harvestmen (Opiliones).
I love jumping spiders, so cute!
I can’t stand them they are some of the creepiest spiders out there how can you love a spider what about it is cute a cat and a dog are cute some of them anyways but no way your convincing me a spider is cute
@@matthewcallaway7331it’s like a cat with 8 legs and 6 eyes. That’s cool
@@jameson1465 no it’s not lol and a cat with 6 eyes and eight legs sounds like something straight off of a horror film it sounds disgusting and horrifying
@@matthewcallaway7331 What about a black fuzzy tiny octopus with tiny little eyes?
@@jameson1465 that’s sounds better I guess but octopuses really arnt cute like they’re in cartoons either
This video makes me itchy...but very interesting
i don't have cellar spiders in my area, sadly enough but I always wanted some. I do have hobo, brown recluse ,jumping spider, giant house spider, and on occasion an occasional wolf spider that got lost and wandered in by accident. I've interacted with hundreds of these spiders in my home over the decades, and they are no bother at all. I just gently coax them only my hand and carry them to my basement or laundry room to act as free pest control if it is too cold outside to let them out. Never once have I been bitten and that is because I am careful for them to see my hand as just another bit of terrain to walk on, NOT a predator or other threat. So I am very glad there are folks out there making these videos to educate people. I think half the fear is due to a total lack of understand or knowledge of them which ends up in more bites because if they were calm rather than acting like a rampaging Godzilla, the spiders wouldn't feel the need to fight for their live sin one of the only ways they have available to them. Thanks so much for all these videos!
what a funny comment... but i just cant be sane w something like a brown recluse/ black widow in my home.. but i definitely wouldnt cause them to attack me.. good on you but i couldnt pick them up
I have cobweb spiders on my porch. Especially next to or in my porch light fixture. They keep a lot of flying insects out of my trailer.
"The deadly widow family", "the deadly brown recluse"
**Laughs in british**
I’ve been in the UK for a week and a rather large spider ran behind my bed. Should I be worried at all?
@@ArthurKirklandsFavorite No, not really. The largest common spider I'm aware of is the "cardinal spider", and that thing caps out at a leg span of 2 inches. The most dangerous is probably the "false widow", and that's just because they can bite, not because their bite does any damage, really.
If you are worried about our wildlife here in the UK, just remember that our most dangerous wild animal in the country is the badger, and a lot of our bugs look goofy asf. Look up "candy striped spider" or "zebra jumping spider". Even the UK's version of the huntsman spider is harmless ("green huntsman spider").
@@Handles_AreStupid The UK would be a great place for hyenas. Maybe we should reintroduce them there to make your lives more spicy?
7:50 Every time I see a tan jumping spider I think of my spood 😢I had her for about a year and found her in a death curl one morning with no prior signs. she was extremely cute and inquisitive and made me change my mind about spiders and she was the first spider i got to see actively hunt something which was awesome to see I will always remember my mamas . Ps mamas was her name i called her that a few times and it stuck.
Rest in peace for sure. Jumpers are so sweet
So happy that you two teamed up for this.
Watching this before bed. I'm truly fearless.
I LOVE jumping spiders. They're so cute. I have jumping spiders living in my study probably cuz the window doesnt seal perfectly. Luckily they seem to take care of all the unwanted bugs and sometimes they just come out to take a look around and watch me draw. Absolutely adorable.
I already know so much about spiders, I have owned wild spiders, like wolf and jumping spiders, and honestly, I watch these videos mostly just to get any knowledge I don't already have. I also just love your content.
Glad to have you! Definitely working on some super science deep dives into the secrets of spider biology for next year, so stay tuned!
Once as a small kid, I remember we had a jumping spider living in my parents bed room, mostly chilling on the ceiling. They wanted to get rid of it. But I said, that he was my friend and so the spider stayed. For long:)
This is one of my favorite videos you’ve done, Master Spencer. I think everyone would benefit from seeing it.
Those cellar spiders appear fragile, but they are surprisingly tough when it comes to taking on other spiders. I’ve seen footage of them shooting web from a distance. Fascinating spiders. But then, they all are in their own way, and all have an important purpose in their ecosystem.
Currently have rental agreement with them, as long as they keeps pests away, its all good.
@@ascelot Free room and board is always a sweet deal.
I want to move to America, but videos like this make me (almost) glad to be in the UK.
Great video, and a wonderful collaboration with Travis! It was funny seeing your house become a sort of wild setting. The attic was a great spot to shoot- dark, creepy, mysterious, and still indoors. 😁
I have to say that your videos have actually helped me get over most of my fear of spiders and want to study them more. Thank you.
one time when i was at work i saw a spider that had a very similar body shape to a black widow, except instead of being all black it had a zebra-like black and white pattern that seemingly spiraled outward from the center of its abdomen, and the edges of the lines had a slight ridge sort of look to them. even after spending countless hours watching youtube videos about all kinds of interesting spiders over the years, i've never seen anything quite like it. sadly, it scurried away and hid before i could get a picture of it. i also didn't see the bottom of it so i can't say for sure if it was a black widow or not. i tried doing some digging, and so far as i could tell it was either the most unique black widow i've ever seen or some undescribed species, because i couldn't find anything else that looked even remotely similar to it. i'd bet it was more than likely just a unique looking black widow given my location, but the ridging in the lines on its back really throws me off still. bugs me to this day that i didn't see the bottom of it or get a picture, cause that one was really cool. wish i could share it with my fellow spider nerds lol
do you mind me asking where youre from?
Hey, I've had a similar encounter. When I was a teen, I found a spider that I ALSO thought of as "zebra-like", identical to what you described. It had a pretty decent size to it, not big per se, but not small either. Bigger than a quarter for sure, maybe slightly smaller than a half-dollar. It's body had a moderate roundness/ mass to it, too. It was on a web in one of my mom's flower gardens. Upsate NY (Saratoga County). I thought it was a Black Widow with zebra markings as well, and was scared to go near it, yet I was fascinated enough to keep trying to spy on it. To this day, I don't know what it was. Funny that we both thought it was a Black Widow, and thought of zebras.
I’m a biologist too. I love spiders and I keep several species in my classroom to show students that they are our friends. Currently I have a female Western black widow and a Carolina wolf. Both are hunters which makes them so much cooler than most spiders.
My widow is so intelligent that she built a web over the opening of the cage. When I feed her, the cricket gets caught in the web and she comes running over to kill it (widows don’t usually catch prey in their webs but instead use them to sleep in for protection and go out to hunt). The only web in the whole tank covers the entrance. Hilarious
i love when i skip an ad just to get another FUCKING ad
I have a lot of those cellar spiders in my apartment, several of them around one window where I have some plants that generate a lot of small fruit fly like insects (not sure if they actually *are* fruit flies though) and *one* of the spiders is so unbelievably successful, that her entire net is full of those fruit flies (I'm just gonna keep calling them that). I tried to re-home one of the other cellar spiders to that place because of the abundance of food there (and the annoyance to me where she was before since she made her net around some *other* plants that I frequently pick up and put aside to open that specific window), buuuut, she, for some reason, went back to her old location and apparently isn't bothered by me destroying her net every day.
Edit: to the hobo spider: I don't know *what* you'd need to do to make one of them bite, so respect to the scientist(s) who managed to that, but the amount of hobo spiders I caught when I was a child playing out in the fields just so I can look at their pretty pattern closer, let's me know for a fact that these spiders are anything but aggressive. They try their damned hardest to get away from you.
Edit 2: I think I just confused the hobo spider with another spider that runs around in fields,.... also brown-beige but with darker brown stripes going down their abdomen,.... that's the spider I have in my memory,... 🤔
My cousin told me having cellar spiders in your house is good luck. I know she's full of it but they do eat other bugs that want to intrude, so I just leave them, when they're gone I just clean their web up! Love the channel
I’m gonna start saying that tbh, it’s great
Me and my friend found a jumping spider of some sort in our class, I hate spiders, but I adored this one. We instantly decided it had more character than everyone in the class, it’s side-stepping and hopping about was adorable.
As a kid, I used to be really creeped out, by cellar spiders, they would be in little corners of our home, both inside, and out, in southern California, where I grew up, great video Spencer, see you next Saturday 🙂
Yay Travis! So happy to see his name get out there on other channels. As much as I dislike spiders, I watch his channel because I love to learn and he's helped me understand the spiders that live around me.
The cellar spiders are savage and brave, they literally hunt down a large yellow sac spider that was just roaming lmao. These guys don’t let their size get in the way of obtaining food lol
I do residential HVAC and I’ve seen some absolute units of cellar spiders. Some that are at least 3 inches in diameter with there legs
Wow!!!! Totally loved the collaboration with Travis McEnery!!! My 2 favorite entomology you-tubers!!!!
Late to the party, but fantastic video!
Your channel’s been continually improving like a fine red wine.
Being in Scotland, most spiders live in doors as there are no snorkels for the rain or scarves and mittens for the cold small enough
My partner and her son are terrified of spiders so I need to move quick during mating season (when they go out their way to stand on white walls to be seen) so I can catch and release before they’re battered into an 8ft smudge
We recently switched from carpet to wooden flooring and there were spiders belting across the floor every 2 days. My partner thought the flooring somehow brought spiders out from all corners of the house. She seemed less pleased when I suggested this probably happened all the time, we just never saw them on the dark carpet.
She now wants the whole house floored and some kinda spider defence system in place - which will no doubt be me and a large jar
I don’t know why I watched this because I knew it would cover what’s common in North America, here in the UK I think the only thing close that I’ve seen is a cellar spider looking thing in houses
I always assume every video prioritises North America unless proven otherwise. Imo it’s quite annoying
It’s Saturday night so it’s date night with Spencer!
This is a really cool video since we all encounter spiders in our homes. I’ve always figured that spiders did good pest control in the house so I generally leave them alone unless they’ve built a web in an inconvenient place. I don’t let black widows or brown recluses stay inside, but just about any other small spider can stay. We get wolf spiders inside occasionally and they’ll get escorted out just because they’re big and don’t need to be underfoot.
Cobweb spiders seem to be the most common that we see in our house; I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a cellar spider here. Unfortunately, brown recluses are fairly common here as well, and I’ve been bitten by one that was hiding in the bedsheets. Left me with an open sore on my arm about the size of a quarter that took months to heal.
We got all new windows and doors a couple of years ago, which cut down the number of spiders we saw inside pretty dramatically. We still will see one occasionally, but we see far fewer. That might be because we see far fewer insects of all sorts, so any spider that wanders in won’t have much of a food source. We have, however, had mice in the house for the first time in the two decades we’ve lived here, and we have no idea how the mice are getting in…
It's so awesome you and Travis are buddies. It's definitely a small world. I'm subbed to him also. You guys are awesome, it's nice to see you Collab with him and Jack.
"They are watching You" well it's time to get the Flamethrower out.
Bro said “hol up gotta shit real quick” 8:34
Travis and Spencer, the crossover I've been waiting for
Absolutely love this channel! Love this collab too! Thank you for all of your hard work and amazing quality content. I always look forward to your vid drops
Thanks so much! Couldn’t have done it without Travis’ help, such a blast to get this one done!
Aww my 2 favorite spider channels in one. Thank you for the upload
Seconded!
I’m honored! Always glad to be able to post, you guys all make it possible!
I just discovered Travis McEnery a few months ago. Imagine my delight to see him here! There is such a great community on TH-cam for spiders and it is always great seeing creators working together.
He is a legend. One of the best spider-focused creators I think I’ve ever seen. So glad we were able to connect, planning more collaborative work this spring!
I let spiders do their thing. I am in the UK and there's no danger from spiders, and they are actually beneficial to have around as they are a natural form of pest control.
Channel crossover with Travis that I wasn't expecting! You two are my favorite spider channels!
I live out in the country. At night you can shine a light across the grass & see all sorts of spiders eyes shining back. It's pretty kool. Kind of scary too..
You nailed it with this one. I enjoyed it so much! You're the reason I actually examine spiders now so learning all this cool stuff is amazing!! Looking forward to your merch my dear! Have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks so much! Hope your weekend is amazing, and hope your holiday season is off to a great start!
We have a south facing patio with an overhang (in colorado) and it's a favorite spot for bold jumping spiders! they get pretty large, the biggest ones being about the size of a penny! The best part is, being active hunters that don't spin wevs, our front porch is pretty much cob web free! the bolds eat all those pesky cob web spiders... Every so often one of them will find their way into our home, and we have to escort them back outside. It's endearing and very cute how if you approach them they'll spin around and look at you like you've startled them 😅
Imma be honest man, there are no spiders in this house. It's currently -35°C here (-32°F) Waiting for the warmer seasons though😂
Hunting spiders are so adorable. I didn't know they existed till I saw one here in the UK..
Spitting spider is probably the most badass spider out there. Venom laced webs sounds crazy
Super insane. Couldn’t believe it the first time I read it tbh
@@MyWildBackyard saw one in my house and it’s been defending my door step ever since. One day I saw it fend off 3 small wolf spiders and it won I was so proud
They played too many videogames and were like "I want to have a really cool special ability and I want it to be a range attack with a movement impeding effect and also poison!"
Little rectification for the cellar spider : their venom is actually very weak, even against arthropods. The reason why they're able to take down big insects and even large spiders like Tegenaria sp. is thanks to their extremely long legs that they use to entangle their prey in silk while keeping a safe distance between them. It's only when the prey is entirely wrapped up in web that they inflict the bite and start eating.
Omg the collab happened. Love having known that ahead of time. After seeing this vid I think I misidentified a hobo spider as some sort of weird wolf spider. Must've been nice to have such easy access to the subjects for this one :)
Definitely a good team effort for sure! Fun showing the sneak peeks too 👀
Yellow sac spiders are usually either chilling with me in my room watching TH-cam on the ceiling, in my upstairs hallway, or downstairs somewhere
3:27 for spider poop
What?
@@TheVerySneakyCriminal the spider poops
Thank you. You're doing the Lord's work
@@josephmccarthy6098 no he is not. I don’t wanna know that 😂 LA LA LA LA LA CANT HEAR YOU !
Spencer and Travis THANK YOU!!! I live in North Carolina, and you have answered almost all my most burning questions about the spiders in my house! My friends think I'm - well - a little off center because I don't much clean out cobwebs, but I do love my girls. I'm always amazed at how long they seem to live, too. Am I right, or just mistaken?
I'll also try to keep any spider in my apartment at least during winter season, as I've heard from another animal youtuber, that cellar and house spiders can get freeze to death, when it's really cold outside. I have for example a cellar spider right now sitting in a corner of my bathroom ceiling, minding his (or her?) business and a small house spider in my living room.
Once it gets warmer outside, I'll set them off on my balcony, where they can crawl somewhere else, but will probably end up in my apartment again, because they will find another way in.
But for now, they can rest and hunt here, if they are lucky to find some food...
That wolf spider looked into my soul
You followed the recommendation 🔥🔥🐐
Also I love the content, keep it up
Knew this one had to happen! Love getting the fan suggestions!
You didn't mention that widows usually are close to the ground or in tight spaces, with a random assortment of "roof to floor" type webs. There are also "false widows" with the same types of webs, that weave the same webs true widows do. Widow webs are actually some of the scariest in practice in my opinion. The fact that the spiders are very patient and will actually wait when something is caught, because its prey struggling actually wraps it further and causes it to "climb" up the strand of silk to the waiting spider.
I am very happy you mentioned ACTUAL brown recluses are nicknamed the violin spider. It makes it much easier for people to identify them to know about the violin patch
The collab I never would have expected.
Also, damn, the carolinensis is huge, I almost thought it was a tarantula.
She was MASSIVE! I used a captive one for this specific demonstration but people do see these monsters in their houses sometimes!
Captured her after I “released” her, for the record
@@MyWildBackyard wish they were in my house
@@cds3703gotta move to Arizona or central Florida- we saw tons of giants in Ocala
Great video Spencer liked the collaboration with Travis educational and enjoyable thanks for that keep it up mate love your content
Spiders are our friends and very useful, usually, and they do not want to hurt us, just to go about their business.
You're obviously a spider and you're trying to make us put our guards down...
I’ll usually end up with a cellar spider right by the back door when it gets warm out and I’ll usually let it hang out because they tend to snag a lot of flies that get in.
0:23 but im in a car
Found a black widow in my Jeep 2 weeks ago after putting the back seat back in. I keep it in the basement here in NY and was in a rush so I didn't bag it up last time. Cars aren't safe either, my dude.
Same 😂
I had a jumping spider move in. He took naps in my window, and had a routine patrol of the corners. He was the first spider I didnt fear, and was smart enough to never get too close.
yo its travis
Imagine how many spiders watch kids turn on incognito mode at 3 am
Found a Wolf Spider in my house a while back. Caught him running across the tile, got a clear container and captured him, took a few pictures, and carefully let him out back into the grass. Very neat looking spider!
"There's probably a spider watching you right now."
Uh, yeah. Cellar spiders are welcome in my room. This little guy that hangs out in the alcove behind my monitor, that's Franklin. Up in the corner there, that's Mabel, looks like she caught something fat. In the opposite corner is Charlotte, and a little closer to the window is Gertrude, normally just Gert.
They get to hang around because we also get a lot of giant house spiders that I really cannot stand, but these little guys will absolutely catch and kill the big ones along with a bunch of other mosquitoes and stuff.
Worked for a company in appalachia. They kept a lot of their records in a storage shed off property that they rarely accessed. Think a large detached garage. The entire thing was filled with cardboard boxes and paper. The one time I went in there were thousands of spiders and many were brown recluse. A few weeks later a terminator confirmed it. They have up trying to control the shed due to its location and abundant holes/cracks. It was nightmare fuel.
The two of you in this video are the two people who have helped me start overcoming my arachnophobia ❤ Thank you to you both, I leave thankful comments all the time on both of your channels, thank you for helping me take control of part of my life that caused me a massive amount of anxiety for 30 years ❤
As a person who lives in Antarctica, I see this as an absolute win.
Cellar, jumping, and parson spiders are fine to completely ignore. Parson spiders are too shy and fast, but cellar and jumping spiders are fine to interact with once they are used to you. But, leave cellar spiders alone in their webs, lest you get them caught in their own web. Jumping Spiders however can actually be played with, as long as you are gentle. It'll take them time to trust you, but they are curious.
All species of house spider are basically allowed in my home, they do their job and while sure I see them often wander around normally the only interactions I end up having with them is when I have to save them from the sink they've slipped into or when I've gotta move them to a different part of the house because they're getting a little too cheeky. Lol
If it's a species that I KNOW can safely live outside I'll relocate it outside, but if it's a species designed to live in houses and will die if moved outside I never put them out they're ALWAYS moved to just somewhere else in the house where I think they'll be more useful like the kitchen or sometimes the garage.
Yesterday when I was playing Roblox on my laptop a decently sized spider just landed on my head using it's web💀💀
That happened to me but on my face!
Ohh that's what my little Eloise was! A cellar spider! She was a darling, and I spoke to her everyday when I did the laundry. She was one of the few spiders I wasn't as scared of.. I'm still trying to get over my fear of spiders by learning more about them, and she really helped me with that.. I don't want to be afraid of spiders, and my Eloise helped me a lot with that :)
Interesting piece about the cellar spider and calling out the arms race story. I would have assumed the same thing. It's rare a venom develops to one specific type rather than just being effective to all types. Great video! I subscribed
I've come into close contact with Yellow Sac Spiders before but they've never actually crawled onto my hand. They've never bit me, so they don't scare me.