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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Steatoda » False Black Widow (Steatoda grossa)
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Theridiidae 01c - Steatoda grossa - male
Copyright © 2008 Karl Volkman

Theridiidae 01c - Steatoda grossa - Male
Curlew Lake, ~10 miles Northeast, Ferry County, Washington, USA
December 10, 2007
Size: ~6mm
Found in my bathroom, (probably looking for water). He lost this two front feet somewhere...

Photographed near Curlew Lake, ~10 miles Northeast of Republic, ~20 Miles south of the Canadian Border, ~150 miles east of the Cascade mountains, ~2100 ft in elevation.

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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 10 January, 2008 - 12:35am
Last updated 18 October, 2009 - 8:00am

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