Mystery Critter, can you identify?
 

This was under a leaf of one of my jalapeno pepper plants -- I thought it was an odd spider, now I'm not sure. Moves like one, but ?? The pic looks like it might have 6 legs, not 8. Crab shaped, shiny black with a single yellow dot.

Any ideas? It's tiny. Location is southwest Ohio.

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no idea, but check with your local county extension office. they should have an entomologist on staff to ask or find out from someone else.

I sent an email to my agent, will be interested to see if they know. I couldn't find anything like it online!

Plus it looks like it might be making babies. . . just didn't know if it's a good bug or bad bug!

Try googling citrus spider or crab spider images. Some similar ones there. I had crab spiders when I lived in a house on peat but not since. Harmless insect eaters as far as I know.

Thanks, I checked it out and it doesn't look that close. It's odd, can't find anything quite like it.

It's a wee spider.

Thanks, I finally found my wee spider! It's in the Theridula family, not sure which one though.

[url]https://bugguide.net/node/view/541299[/url]

Super cute. :cute: I found a pale green one on my garlic the other day, with a ball of green eggs that looked just like a garden pea! :surprised: Spidermom was carefully tending that. :)

aww. Our little wilderness areas. At least the spiders just eat bugs! :)

Wow! I've never seen anything quite like that! Looks alien.

Glad you found it!

There's a great insect ID site where you can search insects by state.

[url]https://www.insectidentification.org/[/url]

[QUOTE=GoDawgs;744527]Glad you found it!

There's a great insect ID site where you can search insects by state.

[URL]https://www.insectidentification.org/[/URL][/QUOTE]
Thanks - that's a nice site. Bookmarked for future use.

I just hauled a big ole green lynx spider out of the house, it was on my coffee maker.:lol:
After second thought maybe I should have left it alone they are hunting spiders.

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wow that's beautiful! And thanks for the site Zeedman!

unrelated side note: I've run across so many people that confuse house centipedes with silverfish; house centipedes are very beneficial, almost every home has them, and all they want to do is eat your pests! They hunt like little lions.

Glad you found your spider.
When I was a kid I would lie on the floor and watch TV. One evening a giant centipede ran across the floor in front of me and I stayed up on the couch after that! Good to know they too are harmless to humans.