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Aren't spiders just adorable? Well okay, in most cases they're bloody terrifying, but that image might change when you take a closer look. As close as to where their feet should be, where you'll find that spiders have paws!
In more scientific terms, a spider's paw is called a tarsus, and it's only one of eight parts that make up a rather complicated leg. Just like cats or dogs, spiders also have claws attached to the paws, but in their case, legs also work as ears and nose picking up subtle changes in the air to hear and recognize smells.
Most of these furry paws belong to tarantulas, of which there are around 900 species. Some of them have leg span for up to 30cm - as large as your average dinner plate. The paws are actually called claw tufts that can have around 600,000 tiny strands of fur sticking out. This density of hairs helps the spider travel on vertical surfaces and even glass. So technically the answer to the question "Do spiders have paws?" would be a no, but let's not diffuse this lovely illusion of spiders being cute.
Science aside, these things simply look adorable! A fact that I hope to remember the next time I'll be freaking out while looking at a spider in my kitchen. Check our selection of cute spider paws and you'll be pleasantly surprised on a sudden change in feelings for these arachnids.
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just a thought ! 8 years ago
This one's so cute ! But if you showed me a pic of the same spider , I would become Usain Bolt in no time 😂😂
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Lianita Tugotone 8 years ago
Seriously arachnophobes, how do you expect a girl to knit webs without her freakishly tiny paws?
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Victoria Pietsch 8 years ago
You should look up jumping spiders with water drop hats. Adorable. I showed them to a friend of mine with horrible arachnophobia, and he agrees that they are adorable. He actually tried to protect a crab spider he found in his house shortly thereafter. They are more precious than people would think.
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Goustan Bodin 8 years ago
Nah, I've enjoyed some from up the page, but you won't make me think this one is cute or anything lovely!
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Desiré Yen 8 years ago
How ironic the paws are so well kept, the rest of the leg, needs waxing 🤔
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Lillian Chesak 8 years ago
Now I realize my earlier comment of how I thought they were cute was wrong
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Charlie Brown 8 years ago
The paws I can deal with, the tiny claws and the funky looking knee pads... however the long hairs are grossing me out! It's like God was hungover when he dreamt these bad boys up. "Okay so we're thinking eight legs and eight eyes. Yup fangs. Um let's stick some paws on it... and I'm thinking I'll model the fur using the porcupine design I made yesterday. Yup that's that!!! Oh I have to give it home?? Bloody hell my head hurts!! It can damn well make its own home!! .. what was that St Peter? What's it going to make it out of? Well it can Pull it out of Its A**E for all I care! Get me some ibuprofen!! Oh and the health and safety department have told me to put a red warning sticker on the black widows....
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Iapetos 8 years ago
Spiders are just awesome. I prefer house spiders, as they are very interesting and elegant creatures and amazingly quick runners.
Virgil Blue 8 years ago
I like those little jumpers. Their big eyes and innocent expressions make them actually lovable.
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Vlad Horobet 8 years ago
THey use the hairs to climb on webs and the claws to climb on everything else. Trees. Rocks. Humans .
Linda McDonald 8 years ago
Too funny.. I actually like these little guys.
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Bobbi Newell 8 years ago
This is the coolest fact I have learned in a while, and jumping spiders just became even cuter in my mind! While the closeups are amazing, I would like to see the name and photo of the whole spider, so I can tell exactly what I'm looking at.
Scott Johnson 8 years ago
Yeah, it just seems like the same kind of spider over and over.
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BREAK YOUr perceptions 8 years ago
oh you mean they have tiny horror claws to pull out guts? NOPE!
Zori the degu 8 years ago
My stick and leaf insects have those little hooks on their legs, I find them adorable. And spiders' legs are fluffy as well! My entomologist's heart just melted!
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Panda 8 years ago
Okay Idk how I feel about this. I'm a huge arachnophobe but the little paws are kinda cute. But then I see the jointy hairy spindly legs and I'm scared again :S
Amy Ferguson 8 years ago
Nope. Just nope. No part of anything that creepy can EVER be adorable. Except to its mommy.
Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
You feel that way because of bad social programming. There is no logical reason to find a spider "creepier" than a cat or a dog. They are beautiful, sweet living things.
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Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
So do cats? So do dogs? So do birds? A spider's claws just help it climb. They cannot hurt you.
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Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
Come on, hate and fear of spiders is absolutely unnatural...and it can go away instantly if you just let it.
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Kori K. Warriner 8 years ago
I'm still not okay with spiders....I will take a snake any day over a spider.
ugaas wiilhoog 8 years ago
If this is"adorable" then sir/madame we have a different understanding of what "adorable" is. Makes my skin crawl just looking at it.
Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
Comments like this make me so sad and disgusted. There is no reason to hate spiders, find them ugly, or find them creepy. They are like any other animal. People contract arachnophobia mostly through bad parenting.
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Bob Merlin 8 years ago
Great photos and they'd be greater if we could see the spiders they belong to!
Kristi Lindley 8 years ago
Awwwwww....how about hell no? A whole big bucket of honey bunches of Oh F**k No! They could have 8 big Disney Bambi eyes and they'd still be creepy as hell. *toot toot*! Last train to Nopeville, hop aboard!
Natalie Ricketts 8 years ago
ya i still dont like them, they maybe be interesting animals but id rather keep my distance thanks
W Kate Kudak 8 years ago
How absolutely adorable? They wait for me to open my front door at night when I take the dog out. If you think this changed my mind you are friggin stupid. No way do I think these creatures are not out to get me especially when they run towards me and not away from me.
Vincent Tiggelman 8 years ago
Paws, hooves, whatever. There's still 8 of them. Too much for me.
Nkateko Manganyi 8 years ago
Now that explains why spiderman can crawl up a building he's got tiny claws
Vanessica Bloxgirl 8 years ago
As a girl, people mistake me for a spider hater when its the complete opposite, i love spiders, i hold them, i help them (including an injured golden orb that needed help) I help my friends my taking away spiders near them. But knowing that spiders have claws is truly adorable, makes them even more fascinating
Boudica Vaughn 8 years ago
If they stay on their side of the furniture, underneath, we're fine
Nancy E 8 years ago
Black Widow & Brown Recluse are what I watch out for here. My next door neighbor got bitten by a Brown Recluse & was in the hospital for 2 weeks .
Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
That's probably not true, actually. When tested, recluse bites are found to cause only very mild effects, but most doctors confuse common bacterial skin infections with spider bites. If you didn't see a spider bite you, it probably didn't!
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Paulette Guillory-Gardner 8 years ago
Really explains why they give me the shudders when they crawl on me. Ewww those little paws. No thank you.
Linda Sellers 8 years ago
I had no idea spiders had paws. And those hairs creeped me out! These are quite beautiful. Spiders are terrifying and beautiful at the same time. I had the privilege of watching up close a spider stalk & kill a fly on my deck. It was pretty awesome to watch. And the spider wasn't too much bigger than the fly and there was a good bit of distance between them. Interesting creatures, just trying to survive like the rest of us. It's funny that we're soooooooo much bigger than a spider yet they scare the living schitt out of us, lol.
Barbara Berg 8 years ago
Most beautiful paws seen so far! But...the more I look at their nails/claws the more it seems like their thangs to me *Chills*... :/ :D
selket 8 years ago
Uhm... okay. These furry soft paws are sooo cute. The spider can tap you softlywith its paw like a cat and then you look with love in its all eight eyes.... But you know? In Poland all spiders are naked! No furry soft spiders, just corrupted, horryfying, bald monsters just waiting to rip off your leg! :(
Donald Lawrence 8 years ago
I never kill spiders,,,i have a big wolf spiger that live in my front room,,,he kills all the bad bugs
Valerie Quevedo 8 years ago
Can't help it. My arachnophobia keeps me from being able to see it as cute LOL
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 8 years ago
Nice photos and wicked information - but too many photos repeated.
Pamela Jessen 8 years ago
This actually did help a bit! I will try to be ore tolerant of them when I see them instead of trying to kill them instantly.
Nigel Rodgers 8 years ago
What kind of Camera &/or lens was used here. Tell me like an 12 year old.
Courtney Stott 8 years ago
There's a reason why I have tarantulas all over my bedroom.... they're adorable little fluffbutts!!! :P
beebo is my child 8 years ago
Aww I've always loved spiders anyways but this makes them even cuter
Brian Lentz 8 years ago
Spiders eat the things that would do us harm. Very few are a danger to us.
Angela Marsden 8 years ago
OMG i love spidders! i let the non-poisonous stay in my house. i get little jumpers around the house.
8 years ago
I always like spiders they are the coolest creatures on earth especially the jumping ones
Neva Nobles-Alder 8 years ago
Just wondering, did you contact the photographers to get permission to use their images? :|
Master Markus 8 years ago
I'm a big fan of spiders. I don't understand being afraid of them unless you live in a place where they're usually poisonous or aggressive.
lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
This is why I'm afraid: I've heard about these big bird eating spiders before, and I'm scared. But not only that, but they look creepy and the way they move freaks me out, you know? I'm fine if there's a spider in my house, but as soon as it comes into the kitchen or bedroom, nope. nope nope nope nope nope nope
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Kane Cheung 8 years ago
Look ma, nope paws. Go back to your creepy corner and keep feasting on other bugs. While society will continue to body shame you.
Marion Friedl 8 years ago
Somehow these paws´re even cute, on German TV I watched a docu about tarantulas as pets once, and the owners said they have a really soft and warm fur too, they said they can even be cuddly and enjoy to be petted, I think I could even touch one of them to find out if it´s true, but I find those spiders disgusting that have very thin long legs and a body that looks like a pinhead, but I wouldn´t kill those either, if some spider´s here in my appartment I take a glass or a transparent mug, put it over the spider upside-down, push a thicker paper or a piece of cardboard between the glass/mug and the surface where the spider´s sitting, then lift it up together, then go on the balcony with it, remove the paper/cardboard and release the spider - and then hope it won´t come back again LOL!!! 😂😂😂 With this method I also remove bees, wasps, hornets, bumblebees etc. from my appartment, once a grasshopper´s been in here, on the 5th floor, I´ve been wondering how and where it came from.... 😲😲
frederic eeckman 8 years ago
I don't know, it doesn't make them more cute for me, just more terrifying :D
Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
How in god's name is a spider, or any arthropod, "gross" in the eyes of ANYBODY? They're not slimy, or dirty, or any of the things the human brain is "supposed" to psychologically find "ugly." They are perfectly ordered, ornate, gorgeous living things. There is zero reason to dislike anything about them. People make no damned sense.
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Iapetos 8 years ago
Spiders are just awesome. I prefer house spiders, as they are very interesting and elegant creatures and amazingly quick runners.
Virgil Blue 8 years ago
I like those little jumpers. Their big eyes and innocent expressions make them actually lovable.
Load More Replies... Vlad Horobet 8 years ago
THey use the hairs to climb on webs and the claws to climb on everything else. Trees. Rocks. Humans .
Linda McDonald 8 years ago
Too funny.. I actually like these little guys.
Load More Replies... Bobbi Newell 8 years ago
This is the coolest fact I have learned in a while, and jumping spiders just became even cuter in my mind! While the closeups are amazing, I would like to see the name and photo of the whole spider, so I can tell exactly what I'm looking at.
Scott Johnson 8 years ago
Yeah, it just seems like the same kind of spider over and over.
Load More Replies... BREAK YOUr perceptions 8 years ago
oh you mean they have tiny horror claws to pull out guts? NOPE!
Zori the degu 8 years ago
My stick and leaf insects have those little hooks on their legs, I find them adorable. And spiders' legs are fluffy as well! My entomologist's heart just melted!
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Panda 8 years ago
Okay Idk how I feel about this. I'm a huge arachnophobe but the little paws are kinda cute. But then I see the jointy hairy spindly legs and I'm scared again :S
Amy Ferguson 8 years ago
Nope. Just nope. No part of anything that creepy can EVER be adorable. Except to its mommy.
Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
You feel that way because of bad social programming. There is no logical reason to find a spider "creepier" than a cat or a dog. They are beautiful, sweet living things.
Load More Replies... Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
So do cats? So do dogs? So do birds? A spider's claws just help it climb. They cannot hurt you.
Load More Replies... Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
Come on, hate and fear of spiders is absolutely unnatural...and it can go away instantly if you just let it.
Load More Replies... Kori K. Warriner 8 years ago
I'm still not okay with spiders....I will take a snake any day over a spider.
ugaas wiilhoog 8 years ago
If this is"adorable" then sir/madame we have a different understanding of what "adorable" is. Makes my skin crawl just looking at it.
Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
Comments like this make me so sad and disgusted. There is no reason to hate spiders, find them ugly, or find them creepy. They are like any other animal. People contract arachnophobia mostly through bad parenting.
Load More Replies... Bob Merlin 8 years ago
Great photos and they'd be greater if we could see the spiders they belong to!
Kristi Lindley 8 years ago
Awwwwww....how about hell no? A whole big bucket of honey bunches of Oh F**k No! They could have 8 big Disney Bambi eyes and they'd still be creepy as hell. *toot toot*! Last train to Nopeville, hop aboard!
Natalie Ricketts 8 years ago
ya i still dont like them, they maybe be interesting animals but id rather keep my distance thanks
W Kate Kudak 8 years ago
How absolutely adorable? They wait for me to open my front door at night when I take the dog out. If you think this changed my mind you are friggin stupid. No way do I think these creatures are not out to get me especially when they run towards me and not away from me.
Vincent Tiggelman 8 years ago
Paws, hooves, whatever. There's still 8 of them. Too much for me.
Nkateko Manganyi 8 years ago
Now that explains why spiderman can crawl up a building he's got tiny claws
Vanessica Bloxgirl 8 years ago
As a girl, people mistake me for a spider hater when its the complete opposite, i love spiders, i hold them, i help them (including an injured golden orb that needed help) I help my friends my taking away spiders near them. But knowing that spiders have claws is truly adorable, makes them even more fascinating
Boudica Vaughn 8 years ago
If they stay on their side of the furniture, underneath, we're fine
Nancy E 8 years ago
Black Widow & Brown Recluse are what I watch out for here. My next door neighbor got bitten by a Brown Recluse & was in the hospital for 2 weeks .
Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
That's probably not true, actually. When tested, recluse bites are found to cause only very mild effects, but most doctors confuse common bacterial skin infections with spider bites. If you didn't see a spider bite you, it probably didn't!
Load More Replies... anaheim 2 years ago (edited)
Anaheim Lead Generation Service is your trusted partner in acquiring high-quality leads to fuel the growth of your business. With a deep understanding of the local market, they employ proven strategies and cutting-edge digital marketing techniques to connect you with potential customers who are genuinely interested in your products or services. https://www.anaheimseo.org/
anaheim 2 years ago
Anaheim Lead Generation Service is your trusted partner in acquiring high-quality leads to fuel the growth of your business. With a deep understanding of the local market, they employ proven strategies and cutting-edge digital marketing techniques to connect you with potential customers who are genuinely interested in your products or services.
Paulette Guillory-Gardner 8 years ago
Really explains why they give me the shudders when they crawl on me. Ewww those little paws. No thank you.
Linda Sellers 8 years ago
I had no idea spiders had paws. And those hairs creeped me out! These are quite beautiful. Spiders are terrifying and beautiful at the same time. I had the privilege of watching up close a spider stalk & kill a fly on my deck. It was pretty awesome to watch. And the spider wasn't too much bigger than the fly and there was a good bit of distance between them. Interesting creatures, just trying to survive like the rest of us. It's funny that we're soooooooo much bigger than a spider yet they scare the living schitt out of us, lol.
Barbara Berg 8 years ago
Most beautiful paws seen so far! But...the more I look at their nails/claws the more it seems like their thangs to me *Chills*... :/ :D
selket 8 years ago
Uhm... okay. These furry soft paws are sooo cute. The spider can tap you softlywith its paw like a cat and then you look with love in its all eight eyes.... But you know? In Poland all spiders are naked! No furry soft spiders, just corrupted, horryfying, bald monsters just waiting to rip off your leg! :(
Donald Lawrence 8 years ago
I never kill spiders,,,i have a big wolf spiger that live in my front room,,,he kills all the bad bugs
Valerie Quevedo 8 years ago
Can't help it. My arachnophobia keeps me from being able to see it as cute LOL
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 8 years ago
Nice photos and wicked information - but too many photos repeated.
Pamela Jessen 8 years ago
This actually did help a bit! I will try to be ore tolerant of them when I see them instead of trying to kill them instantly.
Nigel Rodgers 8 years ago
What kind of Camera &/or lens was used here. Tell me like an 12 year old.
Courtney Stott 8 years ago
There's a reason why I have tarantulas all over my bedroom.... they're adorable little fluffbutts!!! :P
beebo is my child 8 years ago
Aww I've always loved spiders anyways but this makes them even cuter
Brian Lentz 8 years ago
Spiders eat the things that would do us harm. Very few are a danger to us.
Angela Marsden 8 years ago
OMG i love spidders! i let the non-poisonous stay in my house. i get little jumpers around the house.
8 years ago
I always like spiders they are the coolest creatures on earth especially the jumping ones
Neva Nobles-Alder 8 years ago
Just wondering, did you contact the photographers to get permission to use their images? :|
Master Markus 8 years ago
I'm a big fan of spiders. I don't understand being afraid of them unless you live in a place where they're usually poisonous or aggressive.
lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
This is why I'm afraid: I've heard about these big bird eating spiders before, and I'm scared. But not only that, but they look creepy and the way they move freaks me out, you know? I'm fine if there's a spider in my house, but as soon as it comes into the kitchen or bedroom, nope. nope nope nope nope nope nope
Load More Replies... Kane Cheung 8 years ago
Look ma, nope paws. Go back to your creepy corner and keep feasting on other bugs. While society will continue to body shame you.
Marion Friedl 8 years ago
Somehow these paws´re even cute, on German TV I watched a docu about tarantulas as pets once, and the owners said they have a really soft and warm fur too, they said they can even be cuddly and enjoy to be petted, I think I could even touch one of them to find out if it´s true, but I find those spiders disgusting that have very thin long legs and a body that looks like a pinhead, but I wouldn´t kill those either, if some spider´s here in my appartment I take a glass or a transparent mug, put it over the spider upside-down, push a thicker paper or a piece of cardboard between the glass/mug and the surface where the spider´s sitting, then lift it up together, then go on the balcony with it, remove the paper/cardboard and release the spider - and then hope it won´t come back again LOL!!! 😂😂😂 With this method I also remove bees, wasps, hornets, bumblebees etc. from my appartment, once a grasshopper´s been in here, on the 5th floor, I´ve been wondering how and where it came from.... 😲😲
frederic eeckman 8 years ago
I don't know, it doesn't make them more cute for me, just more terrifying :D
Jonathan Wojcik 8 years ago
How in god's name is a spider, or any arthropod, "gross" in the eyes of ANYBODY? They're not slimy, or dirty, or any of the things the human brain is "supposed" to psychologically find "ugly." They are perfectly ordered, ornate, gorgeous living things. There is zero reason to dislike anything about them. People make no damned sense.
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