🕷️Tristan (he/him)🏳️⚧️
@spidersathome.bsky.social
I watch my household spiders and give them silly names. Follow me to see pictures of them in the trashy corners of my old, half-renovated Ontario farmhouse.
Does anyone else climb on top of their washing machine wearing a headlamp to take blurry pictures of the false widow on their ceiling, or is it just me? #spidersky
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Does anyone else climb on top of their washing machine wearing a headlamp to take blurry pictures of the false widow on their ceiling, or is it just me? #spidersky
Coco came racing off their web to drink some water! Be like Coco and stay hydrated #spidersky
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Coco came racing off their web to drink some water! Be like Coco and stay hydrated #spidersky
I can't get decent pictures of my spiders through the foggy plastic of their deli cups, but I still enjoy this spooky backlit image of Oscar the barn funnel weaver with their dinner #spidersky
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I can't get decent pictures of my spiders through the foggy plastic of their deli cups, but I still enjoy this spooky backlit image of Oscar the barn funnel weaver with their dinner #spidersky
This is Oscar, a skinny little funnel weaver with a missing leg I found in a crumpled paper towel behind my bathroom garbage can. I love them with my entire heart.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is Oscar, a skinny little funnel weaver with a missing leg I found in a crumpled paper towel behind my bathroom garbage can. I love them with my entire heart.
Happy Halloween! Here's Acorn the false widow taking down a fruit fly 💀 #arachtober
November 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Happy Halloween! Here's Acorn the false widow taking down a fruit fly 💀 #arachtober
Digging into the archives for the final day of #arachtober and found this very Halloween-y bold jumper who built a hammock in my garage door PIN pad (a popular location for sleepy spiders in my yard over the summer 💤)
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Digging into the archives for the final day of #arachtober and found this very Halloween-y bold jumper who built a hammock in my garage door PIN pad (a popular location for sleepy spiders in my yard over the summer 💤)
It's getting cold and we're entertaining fewer spider visitors. Most of the insects who rode in on our firewood have died off, so the lean months are beginning for my household spiders. But my false widow, Acorn, will have a luxurious winter being a spoiled pet! #arachtober
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It's getting cold and we're entertaining fewer spider visitors. Most of the insects who rode in on our firewood have died off, so the lean months are beginning for my household spiders. But my false widow, Acorn, will have a luxurious winter being a spoiled pet! #arachtober
Why have you built a wall, Riri? What kind of spider shenanigans are these?? #arachtober
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Why have you built a wall, Riri? What kind of spider shenanigans are these?? #arachtober
Just the tiniest baby T. domestica I've ever seen #arachtober
October 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Just the tiniest baby T. domestica I've ever seen #arachtober
Riri the barn funnel weaver doing their power stance #arachtober
October 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Riri the barn funnel weaver doing their power stance #arachtober
For #arachtober 22nd here is Cocoa Bean the false widow doing her evening chores
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
For #arachtober 22nd here is Cocoa Bean the false widow doing her evening chores
Meet Caramel, the prettiest cellar spider I've ever seen. I found him dangling from the middle of my bedroom ceiling by a thread. I've never seen a cellar spider hanging out in the open like this before. He stayed there for a few hours, and by morning he had moved on 🧳 #arachtober
October 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Meet Caramel, the prettiest cellar spider I've ever seen. I found him dangling from the middle of my bedroom ceiling by a thread. I've never seen a cellar spider hanging out in the open like this before. He stayed there for a few hours, and by morning he had moved on 🧳 #arachtober
A pretty grass spider hanging out on the exterior of my house for #arachtober
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A pretty grass spider hanging out on the exterior of my house for #arachtober
Here is Acorn on their first day in their new home. It took about a month after my initial discovery for all of their siblings to disperse. Two of them have established their own webs in my front hallway and basement, close to the doorway they hatched from, and one has already caught a fly 🪰
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Here is Acorn on their first day in their new home. It took about a month after my initial discovery for all of their siblings to disperse. Two of them have established their own webs in my front hallway and basement, close to the doorway they hatched from, and one has already caught a fly 🪰
Mom moved on with her life, and I spent a few weeks observing the babies as they began to disperse. I was so mesmerized by the mom that I couldn't help wanting to keep a baby for myself, so when the spiderlings looked ready to leave I carefully used a paintbrush to coax Acorn onto an index card.
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Mom moved on with her life, and I spent a few weeks observing the babies as they began to disperse. I was so mesmerized by the mom that I couldn't help wanting to keep a baby for myself, so when the spiderlings looked ready to leave I carefully used a paintbrush to coax Acorn onto an index card.
Here is Acorn's mom. A dirty, busted up old door frame in an unfinished room is a great spot for a Steatoda nursery! I love these beautiful, trashy little spiders so much.
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Here is Acorn's mom. A dirty, busted up old door frame in an unfinished room is a great spot for a Steatoda nursery! I love these beautiful, trashy little spiders so much.
For #arachtober 18th I would like to share someone very special to me: my pet false widow, Acorn, who is finally starting to look like a real spider after three molts in my care!
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
For #arachtober 18th I would like to share someone very special to me: my pet false widow, Acorn, who is finally starting to look like a real spider after three molts in my care!
Update! Coco is catching fruit flies and settling in well. Their web is so thin it's invisible, making it appear as if they can float in mid-air 🧚
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Update! Coco is catching fruit flies and settling in well. Their web is so thin it's invisible, making it appear as if they can float in mid-air 🧚
For such a small spider, Riri has built an impressively large and sturdy web. You can see a discarded molt on the left. I'm noticing molts at the periphery of many of these webs - I wonder if they move them, because I can't imagine they want to molt out in the open so far from their retreat.
October 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
For such a small spider, Riri has built an impressively large and sturdy web. You can see a discarded molt on the left. I'm noticing molts at the periphery of many of these webs - I wonder if they move them, because I can't imagine they want to molt out in the open so far from their retreat.
For #arachtober 15th I present an update on the population of Tegenaria living in my basement. On the left is Lala, who lives above a switch, and on the right is Riri, who lives next to a door. I now know four of my basement funnel weavers. Lala and Riri are small and still have growing to do.
October 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
For #arachtober 15th I present an update on the population of Tegenaria living in my basement. On the left is Lala, who lives above a switch, and on the right is Riri, who lives next to a door. I now know four of my basement funnel weavers. Lala and Riri are small and still have growing to do.
A mom with her iconic egg sac
October 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A mom with her iconic egg sac
A wandering male and a younger M. ovalis in their web
October 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A wandering male and a younger M. ovalis in their web
For #arachtober the 13th my very patient family took me to look for Meta ovalis in Bruce's Caves and I was not disappointed
October 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
For #arachtober the 13th my very patient family took me to look for Meta ovalis in Bruce's Caves and I was not disappointed
An #arachtober bathtub rescue! Just a little baby, probably a young Tegenaria domestica. I am calling them Coco. Coco is now in a deli cup with lots of hiding places and a q-tip for water. Hopefully they make a web so I can give them some food!
October 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
An #arachtober bathtub rescue! Just a little baby, probably a young Tegenaria domestica. I am calling them Coco. Coco is now in a deli cup with lots of hiding places and a q-tip for water. Hopefully they make a web so I can give them some food!
For #arachtober the 10th I would like to share my buddy Miles, the tan jumping spider who lived in my bathroom over the summer. He loved fruit flies, organic apples, and standing on vertical surfaces facing upside down.
October 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
For #arachtober the 10th I would like to share my buddy Miles, the tan jumping spider who lived in my bathroom over the summer. He loved fruit flies, organic apples, and standing on vertical surfaces facing upside down.