Guides

Each guide answers one question completely, using observations you can make without touching anything.

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  Brown Recluse or Wolf Spider? Size Settles It

  Wolf spiders are big, hairy and patterned. Recluses are small and plain. Five differences you can check from a photograph, starting with the one that resolves most cases.

  3 min read

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  Black Widow or Common House Spider? Look Underneath

  Widows and house spiders build the same messy web in the same dark corner. The red hourglass underneath is the whole test — plus three backup checks including the egg sac.

  3 min read