The Terrifying Spiders Living Under Your Yard - The Purseweb Spider

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At the end of summer, some of the strangest spiders are out... including North Carolina's weird tarantula! Join Spencer Hoffman on an expedition into the woods to see some really awesome spider species!
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For those who read the description- we've updated the channel! I'm working on adding more features to videos to better expand our conversations about the secrets we find in the natural world! Introducing the Creature Tier System! There are four rankings:
1. Staple - These are the lowest tier creatures. They are the most common species in a given habitat, and while they're not boring, they're really only exciting when you're exploring a new habitat and you haven't seen them before. Not something to write home about.
2. Neat - These are a step up from Staple. They don't make your entire day, but they are worth taking a closer look at when found. Definitely can be exciting to have a productive day finding many Neat species.
3. Wild - These are exciting to find. Whether they have interesting defensive features that offer a nice challenge in the field, are particularly cool looking, or maybe a little bit rare, Wild species aren't necessarily the MOST memorable of encounters, but they definitely make your day when you see them. An adventure featuring many Wild species will truly be memorable.
4. Gem - These are special. Usually involving extremely interesting biology and significant rarity, Gem species are animals that you really do not see every day. These species can make your whole adventure, and will be very memorable.
5. ???? - Is there a Creature Tier above Gem? Stick around to find out....
Each of these Creature Tiers are a spectrum, and we can debate the placements of various animals in the comments section!
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@drewishaf Год назад

How could anyone be afraid of the jumping spiders?! They're absolutely adorable. They're like little fuzzy crabs with puppy dog eyes lol.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Fuzzy crabs 😂 I’m using this

@josephdowling3745 Год назад

Yeah, sure.

@veyarain82 Год назад

In pictures, they’re adorable. Especially if they’re wearing raindrop hats. In person? The sudden jumping is startling as hell.

@OptimiSkeptic Год назад

"puppy dog eyes..." This is great! They always look to me like either they're seeing the world for the first time, or they're peering into my soul. I'm fine with both.

@JET1970 Год назад

Sarcasm at it's finest

@groovesmoves4040 Год назад

In the mid to late 90's, in central Alabama, I was digging a grave for a goat that had died. When I got about 3 feet down I came across a hole between the size of an egg and a tennis ball, and to my utter amazement there was one of the spiders. I had no idea that they lived here, nor did anyone I shared this to. Some even just about said I was lying or mistaken. Thanks for showing this.

@groovesmoves4040 Год назад

It was definitely a female, as it was quite large.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Depending on the species you’d be surprised! Trapdoor spiders look a lot like this too and the males are BIG.

@Redbird10 Год назад

We definitely have them here. Although the funnel web spiders are slightly different from the tarantula, but we do also have some form of tarantula tho , but you rarely encounter them and likely aren't native

@jeffjeannette9364 Год назад

How venomous are they?

@Redbird10 Год назад

@@jeffjeannette9364 depends on how you classify that. They don't have neurotoxin, like rattlesnakes, black widow ect. It's more like the bite of a brown recluse/wolf spider (just eats away the skin) the trap door(funnel-web spider ) in Australia is one of the most deadly spiders in the world tho

@naymeequillo Год назад

I just absolutely love how happy you sound and look whenever you find a little critter. So much love and respect. It's exactly what this world needs. Thanks for educating us!

@aroma2057 Год назад

This is no doubt one of the most amazing, underrated wildlife channels on RU-vid. The respect and appreciation you have for these creatures is just wonderful, and I always learn so much. Thank you for what you do! I look forward to seeing more!!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thank you so much! I’m so glad I get to share all these awesome critters with you!

@jmoore9806 Год назад

Puts CNN to shame to much truth and Honesty on this channel......love it

@yaboiavery5986 Год назад

9:27 i appreciate the honestly bro this video is amazing btw. Who thought watching a guy playing with random spiders could be so cool

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

I make mistakes just like everyone else! And even though they do suck, it helps to learn so I can be better. Glad you’re enjoying me talk about spiders and other little critters!

@skeeter197140 Год назад

Keep putting out stuff like this, and this channels is going to explode! This is awesome! I never would have guessed that we had such creature here on the east coast.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Honestly this was one of my favorites to film in a while. I don’t get to see mygalomorphs often, and crazy lookin ones like these are a special treat!

@roboticrainbow Год назад

He has been pretty consistently putting out stuff like this for a good amount of time.

@skeeter197140 Год назад

@@roboticrainbow I know. I've been following for a while.

@lowandodor1150 Год назад

He is among the very best in the Nature channel universe.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

@@lowandodor1150 we got some more great channels in the nature channel cinematic universe making appearances very soon!

@ArmaniStudio Год назад

I live in Michigan, and for 2 years now we have had this spider. 2 different females, both about 3 inches with gigantic fangs. A small lake is across the street so we see tons of animals.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Have you kept any in captivity? I kinda want to try and see if they’d survive

@ArmaniStudio Год назад

@@MyWildBackyard no I’m actually scared of spiders 🕷️ lmao 🤣

@Marie-rt1ls Год назад

Where in Michigan are you? I live Downriver and would be mortified if I'd seen one of these things

@ArmaniStudio Год назад

@@MyWildBackyard I did. It survived 3 days. I have arachnophobia so I tried having it crawl around in me but it would fall and take off l

@ArmaniStudio Год назад

@@Marie-rt1ls Lansing visiting my family.. I don’t actually live here.. I’m taking care of my mom.. I live in Vegas.

@aidanbassett6724 Год назад

the red legged purseweb is what got me interested in spiders, i had seen the little silk tubes around my whole childhood in Atlanta, but it wasn't until i was 13 that i pulled one up to investigate, and boy was I in for a surprise. i had always thought that the bigger critters like these were all obvious, you know, like i knew we had garden spiders and a few others, so when i did some research trying to figure it out, I was blown away, like you, at the biodiversity of my own backyard. a tarantula, on my front porch in atl!? crazy! but fast forward four years I'm applying to colleges with biology as my first choice of major in every one of them. sidenote, you can tug lightly on the web and get them up sometimes, a lot less harmful because if you fail, they just have to build a new web, whereas if you fail with a shovel, well we all know how that ends. also you can release them back in their holes this way. please keep putting these vids out. less exadgerated than coyote for sure and you seem way more down to earth which keeps it relatable for kids learning

@time2see192 Год назад

I agree. I really like this dudes down to earth personality. No ego and no over the top animations. He's just chill, yet knows his stuff, and shares in an an interesting educational way. Great channel! 🕸🕷

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much! To both of the comments here! Glad to share all these weird and wacky creatures with ya!

@ophionnox1582 Год назад

It's pretty cool how jumping spiders almost look like they're in stop animation the way they move. Not as fluid of motion as a lot of other spiders.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

They really do look unreal. Most of these creatures surprise me- like how strange is it that we share our planet with so many weird things?

@kingtonsiljockey528 Год назад

They are DEFINETLY my favorite inquisitive little critters 😊 the way they tilt their heads is adorable

@majestic7768 Год назад

Because they jump on their prey.

@kingtonsiljockey528 Год назад

@@majestic7768 Yup 😊 they are like cats in bug form...only they don't scratch the hell out of you, and I've never been bitten by one so I say they are slightly better than cats lol No offense, cat lovers

@barryschalkwijk9388 Год назад

It's a sign of their great eyesight and sense of their surroundings. They move very deliberately.

@brucecampbell6133 8 месяцев назад

I ran across a purse web spider in an in-ground raised bed when I was removing some woody dry stem material prior to fallowing the bed for winter. It was about the same size as the female you found and described in the last section of this video. She was very aggressive and clamped her fangs into a small blunt stick that I gently moved toward her. While she was still focused on biting the stick I relocated her to a fallow bed, with a reasonable covering of annual "weeds", that would not be used for another season. Alas I fear I sealed her doom because it was October and I think she was already settled in for the cold season. This was in an inland valley between the SF Bay and the San Joachim Valley, California.

@AquilaCat Год назад

Thank you for these videos. For years I have been trying to overcome my fear of spiders and I'm at the point now where I can feel comfortable ignoring most spiders in my house. Leaving a spider on the wall alone while I shower less than 2 feet away from it and convincing a spider I saw on my bed to get on a sheet of paper so I could transfer it to the floor are recent major wins for me. And watching videos like this help a lot. I could handle the daddy long legs and the small jumping spiders because I knew they wouldn't bite me, or that even if they did that they were harmless. Thanks to you and a couple other RU-vidrs I'm now not afraid of the yellowy/brown/clear orb weaving house spiders that find a spot near the ceiling to make a web and mostly stay there, or the small black ones that skitter along the ground. I think I've been bitten by a few stray spiders on occasion while sleeping and the bites have never been much worse than a mosquito bite, so I know I have nothing to fear from those common ones either. Watching you so easily handle all sorts of spiders and seeing them just chilling on your hands and arms is exactly what I need at this point, to see that if one gets onto me, I don't have to worry about it biting me as long as it doesn't go under fabric into an arm sleeve or something. I've considered trying to get a house spider to go onto my hand or arm, but I think I am not quite ready to purposefully put a spider onto myself yet. But I will absolutely keep watching your videos. I am very wary about spiders, but also fascinated by them.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

I love to hear this! You’ve grown a lot, and that’s something to be extremely proud of. Most people don’t take action to beat their fears, but you’re out here crushing it, and humble enough to be vulnerable about how the spiders made you feel in the past! Don’t feel pressured to hold spiders on your bare hand before your ready, even I don’t do it much aside from if I’m relocating spiders or demonstrating that they’re not monsters like how I do in videos or in person when I’m educating people. An important thing to remember- even to the deadliest spiders in the world, we are a much bigger threat to them than they are to us. And they don’t really want much to do with us in the first place! So whatever you do, long as you’re respecting them for the living things they are, I 100% support you in your endeavors. Thanks for sharing this experience with me!

@-UseSoap_ Год назад

Lol, you don't _have_ to keep them in your house... you can definitely relocate them outside if need be. I understand trying to get over a phobia but still. Having spiders around in small numbers in your home isn't a bad thing but you definitely don't want an infestation of any kind. If you're finding them all over your house and they're crawling on your bed (and potentially biting you while you sleep...) and such, you may just have a bit of a bug problem in your home. Just an fyi, I suppose.

@emiliorico5632 Год назад

@@-UseSoap_ they are nice pests control

@KamenRiderGumo Год назад

@@MyWildBackyard I will never be able to do that; my fear is extremely crippling and has been known to cause me to actually black out in the past if the shock is too great. It's the one creature on this planet I have a legitimate fear of, stemming from my earliest memory being bitten on the side of my foot by a spider (non-venomous, but I must have irritated it beforehand) while camping. They've absolutely terrified me ever since. And yet, my favorite comic book growing up was Spider-Man, I love watching movies like Arachnophobia and Eight-Legged Freaks, and even part of my username (gumo) is a dialectal variation of the word "kumo", which means spider (it can also mean cloud). I am both horrified by them and find them extremely fascinating to the point that I study them (at a very safe distance, of course) to learn their strengths and weaknesses, habitats, the ones that are dangerous and/or aggressive towards humans, etc.

@uropygid Год назад

For the most part, I no longer kill on sight. I catch and release. But any spider that gets on my bed is dead.

@thehermit5886 10 месяцев назад

Wow! Being from Australia I totally thought that was a funnel web spider when I first saw it! They certainly display similar defensive behaviour!

@zach11241 Год назад

Used to have a jumping spider that lived in my car’s side mirror of all places. That little guy stayed put for hundreds of miles of travel! Seemed rather healthy too given his size! Up and disappeared one day; so I like to think he hitched a ride on a bigger car than my civic! 😊

@diannelavoie5385 Год назад

Jumped ship for a Lexus. 🤣

@TheWildlifeBrothers Год назад

This is one of my favorite videos of yours to date Spencer. From a technical perspective it was flawless to me, great pacing, sharp editing, well thought-out story. The spiders spoke for themselves, I love Dolomedes albineus and I’m glad you got an adult this year, I still need mine. Phidippus otiosus was new to me, that is a very pretty spider, I love the coloration that guy had. And I totally agree that the Sphodros species is a gem tier find, that is a crazy looking animal for the east coast. Looked like Sphodros atlanticus from what I could see, but I’m not sure. Amazing work man, I can’t wait to see more! - Harrison

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much man! This was a blast to edit even if it took forever. I love getting to put these stories together and have em play out! Sphodros atlanticus is my best guess cause I’ve seen the males, but didn’t want to go past genus just to play it safe

@itsOnMARS2023 Год назад

We have those purse web spiders even in England, I can definitely see how somebody could mistake those for funnel webs haha

@Khornedevotee Год назад

Hm! I thought they were the same, or at least very similar(well, appearance wise they are) and related. How one's eyes can be deceiving.

@Jordan-gz8yi Год назад

@@Khornedevotee Yeah they look really similar to Mouse Spiders from Australia as well. Nowhere near as venomous as both of course

@glemmstengal Год назад

The camo on the fishing spider (I think was the name?) was wild.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Right? I’ve seen several color morphs but that individual was stunning.

@PhunkieZero Год назад

Jumping spiders are really the only kinds of spiders I can deal with and not get weirded out by

@rogeliodelagarza8652 Год назад

I was at my son's ranch in Laredo Texas and after going through a severe drought we finally had lots of rain that brought out dozens of large spiders that look much like these. They were large and seemed very aggressive when i got close. They would rear up and show their large fangs. I I've seen many tarantulas and can tell these were not hairy but smooth and shiny black. Love this video do more

@bari2883 Год назад

Maybe trap door spiders . If lots of rain they get flooded out of their burrows that they live in and come to the surface. Like he said the ruse web spider live close to water.

@rogeliodelagarza8652 Год назад

@@bari2883 i believe you are right

@johanneabelsen1644 Год назад

They probably have tiny cars, that they drive, using those chompers! "Mom, quit smiling, you're scratching the floor!"😂

@linren901 6 месяцев назад

I caught a red legged purse web spider once. He was just crawling around on the sidewalk. I had never seen anything like it before and immediately tried to look up what it was. I named him Dorito then released him back. Cool find to be sure!

@PrisPrivate 5 месяцев назад

Dorito deserves the world :>

@sierrabravo7368 Год назад

I thought this was a story about an Australian funnel-web spider being found in America and that's something you don't want due to it being deadly In my experience the Australian Funnelweb spider lives in areas of clay soil, many years ago I unearthed a number of them while working on digging foundations in clay soil. Apparently they look similar to the Australian trapdoor spider which I also unearthed. Also I live in Sydney where the local funnelweb species is more deadly but I haven't seen a Funnelweb for many years possibly due to the soil being inappropriate for funnelweb spiders

@mrdre3628 Год назад

I also thought this and am glad it isn't the case

@raamandcoke3052 Год назад

You can find them as close to the CBD as Burwood these days.

@Sugar_K Год назад

Lols this guy is would be dead by now hunting funnel webs…. One of the most aggressive creatures on the planet… you get close it will chase you

@iamatoaster2693 Год назад

@@Sugar_K IT WILL CHASE YOU?!!!!!!! It's fine. It's fine. I don't need to sleep anymore. It's fine. Thank you.

@58Kym Год назад

@@Sugar_K That’s not true. AND even if it was true, taking two steps away wouldn’t be hard.

@joshdillon9637 Год назад

Yet another species on this channel that I've never seen in all my years living in NC. She looks fierce with those giant fangs. Amazing find.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Glad to show you another weird secret of the woods!

@jayydickerson2891 Год назад

Louisiana actually has about three tarantula species in the wild, one being a native to Texas that has migrated and a couple which were introduced by careless keepers. It's not incredibly uncommon to see them in our backyards here

@babetteosel1380 Год назад

I am so happy you found this spider. Your passion and awe are infectious thank you!

@CoolCrittersYT Год назад

Awesome video! I feel like that jumping spider segment came out of nowhere, but all the spiders were incredible (especially that purse web) and the info was great!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

I had to throw it in there! Found him while I was out poking around for this spider, and he NEEDED that spotlight. Such a cute little guy!

@shable1436 Год назад

Fun factoid: The very best fishing bait on the east coast for bass, and catfish in rivers and streams is what you termed nightmarish insect, the pinchers can rip human flesh to the bone, especially if your fingers are wet from catching them in their habit. Their life cycle is extreme, they live the first part of their lives under rocks in fast moving water, then develop wings and live in the air, they are called hellgrammites, and you have to pin their heads down to catch them, they are very strong, muscular like leaches, that have hooks on their tails, but you can put a hook thru their shell head and down the wormy back, and it will live for hours, you can catch many fish on a single one because their bodies are so tuff and resilient.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Oh yeah those guys are metal. But I’ve heard the hellgrammites are great for a lot of good fish!

@choccolocco 10 дней назад

My pawpaw taught me to catch them in streams when I was little for that very reason. We would catch spring lizards too, but for some reason, I don’t see as many of them as I used to. I was scared to death of the hellgrammites at first, lol. On a side note, when I was was 10-11, my friends lived by a nice creek, and a guy would come by on Fridays and pay us 50 cents a piece for every crawfish we caught, he bass fished with them. That was good money for us in the 80’s.

@jconwheels Год назад

Great video Spencer, I love that little jumping spider, you found, it was so cute 🥰 I'm pretty sure I mentioned this before, but I just cannot get enough of your videos, and your channel is growing, and growing, and you're getting more and more subscribers, that is just awesome, congratulations Spencer, you've come a long way, your quite the popular guy lol you're doing great, keep on doing what you do 💯👍🏼👌🏼👏🏼💙

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much! The last few months have been incredible. Opportunities, channel growth, and even just connections I’ve made along the way. Can’t begin to describe how grateful I am for the support from viewers like you, and it’s really been life changing. Glad I get to share these amazing animals and adventures with the world.

@jconwheels Год назад

@@MyWildBackyard Absolutely Spencer, I Couldn't Agree More 💯🙏🏼,

@AboveTheClouts Год назад

I'm from the Triangle myself and really miss the sound of the wildlife out there since moving to Pheonix, AZ. SUPER AFRAID OF SPIDERS. Like literally I get chills and my heart races when I watch your vids but I do appreciate you sharing your insight and curiosity in these vids. I just started as an EnvSci/Sus major and am hoping to get back to our beautiful, biodiverse state and work on our coasts. This vid actually made me tear up a bit because it's just so nice to hear the sounds and see the greens that are now replaced in my day to day with arid, polluted, browns. Thank you for your vids

@hotcheese9772 3 месяца назад

Thank you for being so gentle with these little hunters.

@dldarby82 Год назад

Great video, and gorgeous spiders. One slight correction: while Purseweb Spiders, Funnel Web Spiders, and Tarantulas, are all megalomorph spiders, tarantulas are in the family Theraphosidae. So while closely related, Purseweb Spiders and Funnel Web Spiders are not tarantulas.

@dldarby82 Год назад

The biggest difference, as someone who keeps and breeds megalomorph spiders, is that tarantulas have cooler feet 😂. They have adhesive fuzzy pads, and they have tiny claws, while most of the other megalomorph spider's legs come to little points. This allows tarantulas to climb smooth surfaces like glass, while most other spiders can not.

@rontocknell5400 Год назад

Purse web spiders are also the only tarantulas native to the UK. It isn't known how common they are because they are so rarely seen. Females rarely leave their burrows and the silk 'purse' is always well camouflaged with leaf litter and forest detritus. The bite from the European variety is harmless and is reportedly a little like a bee sting... although bites are extremely rare and this report comes from one enthusiast who deliberately provoked a female to bite him to record the effects. The European ones are also smaller than the one in this video.

@Naturalis0 Год назад

Stumbled across your channel and have been binging all your videos! Especially love the spider episodes like this.

@carolyn6689 Год назад

Wow!Very interesting and awesome video..Spiders are really so diverse and cool at the same time.Love the up close look at some you found here.❤️🕷️I live in the Northeast US and where I work ,I see a few different species of spiders .I love to watch them.

@craigpayne5500 Год назад

You are so brave. Most of our spiders here in Australia are poisonous but there are some spiders, such as huntsman’s spiders, that have great personalities and get quite large

@hellfire66683 Год назад

They are Venomous*

@ajrichar0 Год назад

That was a really good video, thank you. Like a lot of commenters on this video, I'm Australian. It would be terrific if you could do this same thing in Sydney and as far north as the central coast, and south down to Canberra. There are a number of different funnel web species that could use your enthusiasm, passion and respect to highlight. If you're lucky, you might find a female mouse spider on your travels. I think an Australian visit would be great for this channel to explain the venomous spiders here, and for your US viewers, be able to explain the differences and how spider species have developed across different continents.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Oh absolutely. Absolutely. An Australian trip would be a dream come true for me, just to be immersed in the wilderness there… breathtaking. And you bet- I am FASCINATED by the invertebrate life there: centipedes, SPIDERS, insects- I would easily get over 100 videos filmed if I spent a month there

@ajrichar0 Год назад

@@MyWildBackyard please, make it happen! 👍

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

@@ajrichar0 might be as soon as 2024! I’m Talking with some contacts I’ve got, and should be in the budget by then

@Herbie11 Год назад

AWESOME! You introduced me to this spider about a year ago. Still gives me the crawlies! So glad you found another. Those fangs are impressive, and he was definitely happy to use them. Another great video.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

I literally shouted HERBIE WILL LOVE THIS! When I found the burrows. Been wanting to deliver on this one for a while, dunno bout a bite yet but I know where they live if I want to get one for a test. Such a fun little adventure. Glad I could get one for ya!

@flymachine Год назад

I've been really impressed by your work lately, you've calmed down to just the right amount of passion and emotion and your wording and terminology is much more professional, loving this channel despite a severe arachnaphobia

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thank you so much! Been a whole process to really find my voice, and I’m glad to approach it this way now. Glad to have you here!

@alixena9340 Год назад

Dude, as an Australian, I was pooping bricks watching you poke that big black mean looking spider with your finger. That looks just like our Funnel Web or Trap Door Spider, which are deadly. You are crazy !!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

They look so much like em it’s crazy! Got some people asking me to test the bite but I’m pretty hesitant to go that far

@alixena9340 Год назад

@@MyWildBackyard yeah nah

@chrisnunya4015 2 месяца назад

I saw another Aussie say it was a Funnel Web... We dont have them in the US... THANK THE GODS!

@andrewsweat4350 Год назад

This is awesome. I found a purse web (still have pictures) in 2013 in South Ga and thought it was super cool and let it crawl on me. I'm glad I didnt drop the spider, and I knew it had some large fangs but did not know just how large they were! When I found it my first thought was this thing looks like a funnel web. Learned a lot from this video. Totally subbing 🤙

@johanneabelsen1644 Год назад

They can positively drive CARS with those fangs!😂 It looks close to ridiculous, how long those things are! Nature rocks.

@audreysmallcombe4319 Год назад

Absolutely love your channel here, in London, UK, and look forward to new videos. Love and respect.

@mariastevens6406 Год назад

I actually saw those silk tubes a lot when I lived in Asheville, but I had no idea they were the burrows of this.

@spydercolover100 Год назад

Used to see these guys all the time at the river by my house as a kid. Edit: Im talking about the fishing spider. It was the only big spider I wasn't afraid of because i always thought if they are so camouflaged then they know what they are looking to eat. Not just wondering around jumping on my shoes!!

@TheAdequateMedia Год назад

respect to your account name, and the fact that this is a spyder video

@JohannVonVorst Год назад

I love how aggressively it’s carapace humps up to make way for it’s fangs. Also what good are forward facing eyes if they’re primitive tarantula eyes? Do these guys hunt kinda like trap door spiders?

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Similar yes. It’s actually kinda gnarly. That silk tube they build is the key: an insect will walk onto it- presumably a caterpillar climbing up the tree trunk and using it as a bridge- and the vibrations travel all the way to the burrow’s depths. Spider is alerted to this movement, and scurried up. Uses those long fangs to stab THROUGH the web to envenomate the insect, then surgically cuts a slit in the web to take the insect inside, repairs the hole then eats the insect deep beneath the ground.

@patrickgattiker9765 Год назад

@@MyWildBackyard that's awesome

@JohannVonVorst Год назад

@@MyWildBackyard GOOD LORD

@CynHicks Год назад

@@JohannVonVorst You must be a caterpillar. Lol

@bryanx5430 Год назад

Seeing these videos makes me wanna film the Spiders I find near my grandfather's cabin here in the UK. His garden is huge and is home to so many fantastic looking spiders. False Widows both male and female. Fair few cellar spiders, saw a female wolf spider egg sac carrier this time last year for the first time in my life time which was cool to see. My best find ever though was actually in a communial Garage, a massive female Tube Web spider Segestria florentina which probably the UK's closest spider to the funnel webs had a tunnel webbing across the entire garage roof.

@pamelatenn2890 Год назад

This is a Wonderful Video where I Learned alot...ENTERTAINING & EDUCATIONAL VIDEO. WILL BE WATCHING MORE OF YOUR VIDEOS THANK YOU

@USlisa50 Год назад

I have a gorgeous grass spider as a guest in my bedroom. She made her way into my room on curtains from another room that were tossed onto the dirty clothes basket. She made a nice funnel from the clothes basket to a dresser drawer next to the basket. I discovered her when she had just started the funnel. I decided to leave her alone, but only for a few days cuz she needs to be outside & I don't want egg sacs! 😅 I love spiders!!!

@curiodyssey3867 Год назад

Fuckin eeewwwww

@billbillson3129 Год назад

Climbing trees in Alabama as a kid, I put my hand on one of those fishing spiders I guess? It looked very similar in color and size.... I know it scared me so bad I felt like i was electrocuted or something XD Thanks for sharing!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

I bet you it was the same species too! They sure can be startling, and that's coming from someone who LIKES spiders!

@kevinesterline622 Год назад

Great job on your videos. I appreciate this stuff. Lot of stuff we don't have around here.

@trapzila6218 Год назад

I like the brave wilderness style intro, it shows how passionate you are. Keep up the good work m8

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much! Plenty more to come 👌

@mrsunnypolo1679 Год назад

This guy is helping me get over my fear of bugs and I don't know how i should feel about this

@sabishiihito Год назад

I remember one of these randomly showing up in my parents' carport years and years ago. We were all like "WTF is a tarantula doing in Metro Atlanta??"

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Isn’t that nuts?

@djscottymaxx Месяц назад

Fisherman Spiders: I've seen them as big as half the size of my hand at this one fishing hole years ago, Rock Hill in Lancaster, PA. Down by Safe Harbor Dam, very impressive spiders

@PatrickMJr Год назад

Only discovered this channel by accident, but already am hooked. Frigging amazing work on your videos, keep up the awesome work!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

A happy accident then! Welcome, glad you’re enjoying!

@YoungGandalf2325 Год назад

Really cool video! It's amazing to see the diversity of wildlife you can find in your backyard. An arboreal fishing spider? That's weird.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Yep they’re super weird! You’d be surprised what you can find in your backyard as well!

@fritznovak4482 Год назад

Wow, it’s amazing as an Australian to see this, we have identical looking funnel webs in the south east of Australia

@Hurricayne92 Год назад

Gotta say tho, ours are a lot bigger 😅

@jacobcarter2262 Год назад

Oh my God! I read about the pursewebs in a little book about spiders when I was in elementary and couldn’t for the life of me remember what they were called(lost the book)! All I could remember was they had massive fangs and spun tube shaped webs. Off and on, I’ve been wondering what they were for the past 9 years and you just helped finally get the answer!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Glad I could help! I love finding weird stuff like this in the woods 😂

@LongSockss Год назад

I live in North Carolina and I took out a forest of weeds in my yard and there were quite a bit of them. It’s so awesome that these spiders live in NC. I used to think NC didn’t have much wildlife compared to anywhere else but that’s never the case with anything. Great video btw :) It’s nice to have a wildlife youtuber in my state.

@iian_ Год назад

Pretty diverse habitats here in NC. mountains, some of which are actually considered a rain forest, the piedmont, and coastal areas.

@richardcastaway7683 Год назад

Are you kidding me? We have loads of beautiful animals in NC!

@johnbest1978 Год назад

I was just checking out your Florida wandering spider video and saw the link to this video and man I didn't think we had these species in the us.....I live in New Jersey and we don't have anything like these and believe me I wish we did. I love all spider species and I have loved Spider's since I was a small child and how can you not love how interesting each species is they're beautiful creatures. Thank you Spencer for all your hard work and dedication in bringing us all these amazing educational experiences I really do appreciate you and your hard work thank you again my friend and have a great day.

@SanDmaNTheFreakTrucker Год назад

I’ve boxed for years so my fear of getting punched is nearly zero, but put a little spider on me and I turn into a 10 year old girl haha. You sir, are fearless. Great videos.

@secret_agent_g5849 Год назад

I thought funnel webs were only in Australia 😰

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

They are. These guys look ridiculously close to them though! Crazy little mygalomorphs!

@paulgally1657 Год назад

They look similar and look just as aggressive. It wouldn't be that hard to get one to bite you.

@sherrycurrie8960 Год назад

WOW, SO COOL. Ilove learning about each spider you find. Thank you for your videos.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Glad you're enjoying! You think this spider was nuts, next week is probably the spider I've wanted to find the most for the last 3 years

@KatiTheButcher Год назад

I love discovering unique insects. I found a jumping spider once that was a bright orange metallic color. That was over 10 years ago and haven't seen another like it again.

@yuumijungle548 Год назад

so you seem to be very comfortable at handling them, how bad would the bite be? similar to a funnel web or no?

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

These would be pretty mild. Painful but mild. There are no medically significant mygalomorphs/tarantulas in the US.

@joemarks5895 Год назад

Their venom isn’t deadly but I’ve read it’s very painful with swelling and redness at the bite. Headaches and nausea have been reported and in 90% of bites the person will go into shock and needs immediate medical attention.

@yuumijungle548 Год назад

@@joemarks5895 well that contradicts what he told me tho xD but i believe you, hairless tarantula like spider, i would completely avoid, no matter how small it is.

@jeffjeffries8924 Год назад

@@joemarks5895 I'm not sure where you found that information but it's absolutely not true. Purse webs spiders do not have medically significant venom. Someone allergic to the venom may have the reaction you described, but the majority of people will be just fine. The mechanical damage from the massive fangs would likely be worse than any effects of the venom.

@jeffjeffries8924 Год назад

@@yuumijungle548 why would you trust a random YT account with no content over a channel dedicated to the topic?

@haasofdetroit9828 Год назад

Love the channel, really high quality content. Keep up the good work.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much! I’ll do my best!

@Sintaxx Год назад

Dude, this video was RIVETING. I'm gonna tell everybody to watch your videos! You'll have a million subscribers in no time. Just keep up what you're doing! EXTREMELY interesting content!!!!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thank you so much! Really means a ton to hear, I’ve been receiving so much support lately it’s mind boggling.

@TheBeardedBrooke Год назад

Your channel is amazing. Great editing and fantastic content. Keep it coming!!!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much! Plenty more on the way!

@iambarnowl Год назад

i found a very large female while working in arkansas 10 or so years ago, and i was floored. massive, badass-looking, shiny, black spider with huge fangs... pretty gnarly and not something i was expecting to see. very happy to see you featuring them in a video.

@NinjaNerosis Год назад

I used to watch a lot of coyote Peterson... now one of my favorite games to play is grounded...so this channel is right up my alley... earned my sub

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

😂 I need to play this game. Everyone’s suggesting it with my wolf spider videos!

@rnsuleima23 Год назад

I love your Videos Keep it up. I love funnel web spideys🤗🕷

@markrusher8377 Год назад

You are so smart and I've learned alot just watching your videos I truly appreciate your area where you live and the world of spiders and all the other crazy insects like ant that looks like some of the spiders in the deserts of Africa and Asia. What a beautiful area for your studies and interests. Thanks so much, Mark Rusher

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying, I love sharing all these crazy creatures with others!

@sirfartsalot5433 Год назад

Very informative videos! Keep up the good work!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thank you! Plenty more on the way!

@rnsuleima23 Год назад

What i noticed now is that you put the spiders back which i do admite bcuz the world needs them and some people think that they want to hurt you and you are kinda also educating us to not be scared of them. Because i would never be that brave to hold the most dangerous spider. Thats the reason i subscribed. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS❤❤.

@rnsuleima23 Год назад

Admire

@chadhampton2176 Год назад

This is awesome!! Instantly a fan!!💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much! Welcome aboard!

@jimmieteaguejr8699 Год назад

Great video young man you're never too old to learn new things thank you for doing this I loved it

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@winniecash1654 Год назад

The jumping spiders are so cute. And you are so brave!

@elonmusket3707 Год назад

Wow this channel is amazing!!! I feel like a kid again learning something new. 😂

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thank you so much! I actually make videos that my kid self would have loved to watch. I grew up poking around for bugs all the time, and if youtube had been a thing when I was like 6 I would have BINGED a channel that did documentaries on bugs. So I figured, why not make that thing?

@dewey70 6 месяцев назад

I had no idea these guys were on the east coast! That spider is gorgeous (in a walking pair of fangs kind of way)!

@lobodesade6780 Год назад

I love jumping spiders, I have 3 as pets and they each have distinctive personalities, and their eyes man, they constantly look amazed by everything!

@christiansdronemoments1515 Год назад

I know this video is 2 months old now, but I’m not entirely fond of spiders, always get that paranoid feeling that there’s one nearby, however the issue for me is that I’m in Australia so it’s more of a big issue for me here, but watching your confidence when handling these amazing creatures is what allows me to watch your videos and the way you explain each spider interests me and keeps me hooked.

@HrZD16 Год назад

I'm really loving your spider videos! I in fact found a purse web spider up here in NJ! They truly are quite hard to find and also the one I stumbled upon was a teeny tiny male no bigger than a nickle.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

That’s as big as the males get! They are SUPER sexually dimorphic, it’s also why it’s tough to ID the females without seeing the males. The males are the ones we can normally get to species, females it’s tough to go past genus unless you only have one species in your range.

@perfectifmelancholy Год назад

Kentuckian here, and have seen a handful of this type of spider here over the years. Great vid!

@vagabond67 Год назад

Man I love your Chanel keep it up man 💯💯💯❤️

@scra3018 Год назад

hey man, i really enjoyed this. as an aracnophobic i've been exposing myself to arachnids on youtube and rl and your channes is one of the best ones i've found. have a good one!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much for being here! I’m glad I can help. Arachnids are extremely fascinating creatures once you get to know them. Definitely a few that are worth keeping your distance from, but most of them are harmless and will mind their own business.

@matthewsecord7641 Год назад

Love it. Fan suggestion and it's nerdy after so bear with me. My species books used to have range graphics, like Roger Torey Peterson or the old Autobon series. Just a suggestion as a possible creative graphic idea for you guys. Love the channel!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

I actually do have a range map graphic! Haven't used it in a while but I definitely plan on bringing it back. Fantastic suggestion!

@leeannjohnson1808 Год назад

I live in N.C. and we have some VERY large spiders here! My friend had gone outside to smoke and came in to the room I was in. As we were walking back towards the door he'd just come through not 5 minutes prior, he said "Stop!" I looked down and saw a spider a .50¢ would have fit on its abdomen was in front of us. When I looked, I only counted 6 legs. It didn't last long enough to suffer.

@wolfstone6495 Год назад

The legs thing could just be lost legs, they regrow them with molts.

@pauljones8054 Год назад

Awesome what a lovely spider great how does it fish living up in the canopy? Fabulous video entertaining and educational thanks mate

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

It's a fishing spider like the semi aquatic ones, but it hunts more tree frogs and invertebrates I think. I don't have the equipment to get up there and film them when they're not coming down to mate, so I can't be 100% sure

@sarahlewisphoenix4951 Год назад

I actually found one of these east coast tarantulas! I live in the NC mountains, and about 4 years ago, I was at the horse farm I work/ride at, and was gathering up some of the horses' food dishes from the pasture. There was one dish (these are big, rubber bowls for horse feed) upside down and hadn't been used in a few days or more, and when I picked it up, underneath was the biggest, most tarantula looking spider I have ever seen here, almost the size of my hand with leg extension, and it looked JUST like that massive female purse web spider you showed! I even joked to my barn mates that the spider I found was a few college credits away from being a full on tarantula, b/c I thought we didn't have tarantulas here. The farm is in the country and surrounded by woods, besides pretty much this whole region is just a massive forest with some towns and small cities so it's very wild around here. Thanks for this video, b/c I have always wondered what that spider was that I found, and it was a huge female purse web spider just like you showed, looked EXACTLY like that! *edit* We also have a huge creek that runs in two branches across the whole property, so yep the purse web spider I found under that food dish was within 12 feet of the creek. I feel so lucky to have found one without looking for it!

@marshallrobinson1019 Год назад

Makes sense. In early march one year, I was planting bulbs near NC when I found an underground spider about the size of a quarter. It was grayish brown and wrinkly. It wasn't aggressive towards me. I believe I put in back into the hole I'd dug with the bulb and loosened soil. I didn't bother trying to identify the spider due to its lack of markings

@siriusleigh24 Год назад

Reminds me of Segestria florentina which has green fangs. Got lots of them in my woodshed and garage amongst a plethora of tube and funnel web spiders. The Florentina bite is apparently very painful. Haven't seen anyone (you, jack or coyote) try it out yet 😉

@Herbie11 Год назад

Had to watch this again. Such an impressive spider. Those fangs! Definitely a gem! And I think I saw your thumb in Jack's new assassin bug video!

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

You probably did! I sent him a lot of kissing bug footage to help with that one, he wanted to set the record straight on those awesome assassins! Glad you’re enjoying this video, it’s one of my favorites as well. I think we shall try a bite test sometime next year 👀

@Herbie11 Год назад

@@MyWildBackyard Oh man! You're brave, but I'd definitely tune in for that bite.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

@@Herbie11 I gotchu 🫡 How’s everything goin? Gearing up for the holidays? I know my December is STACKED- got this channel to run, shopping to do, plus new projects I’m launching next year to expand the business

@Herbie11 Год назад

@@MyWildBackyard a All good here! Big things for you next year for sure. 50k right around the corner

@bettydamnboop3030 Год назад

Brilliant findings. Great video

@BeardedBooper Год назад

Yes! We have those at the end of our driveway in the pine-straw near the ditch. They make gorgeous horizontal funnel webs that luminesce in the morning dew. If you go looking for any more of those purse webs, try near the bottom of pine hillsides near a ditch or stream after a morning dew.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Yep I find a ton of them near water! Hoping to see more next year, and maybe even some trapdoors!

@saragates2255 Год назад

This was so fun to see! Tyfs💕

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

I’m glad you enjoyed!

@time2see192 Год назад

Great content once again! Awesome

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much!

@albertomorales7579 Год назад

Wow this is really cool,I really enjoyed this video thanx

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed!

@onyxhades9513 Год назад

I absolutely love your channel!

@funnygirlspurr8820 Год назад

Just started watching your videos. I absolutely 💯 love spiders. I love seeing wolf spider or huntsman spider in my home. I'm a spider whisper as well. Beautiful creatures.

@johnparsons1573 Год назад

Fantastic video. Incredible find. Great job

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Thanks so much!

@ArmaniStudio Год назад

Great Video!!! I’m a huge fan.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

Glad you enjoyed! And glad to have you here!

@thunderwatch8463 Год назад

Great video. I dont know how much land you have, but its pretty cool that you can live somewhere for 10 years and continue to find unexpected critters and what not. Lol, I also don't blame you for not taking a bite from one of those. Wouldn't be a good time.

@MyWildBackyard Год назад

People are definitely requesting it, I’ve honestly had worse than what this thing will be able to do- more on that in a later video (it was not an intentional bite) so I’m less wary of the purseweb’s venom these days