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Entelecara acuminata
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Copyright © 2008
Lynette Elliott
Tiny Black Spiders -
Entelecara acuminata
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Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
May 25, 2008
Size: around 2 mm
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Contributed by
Lynette Elliott
on 25 May, 2008 - 9:09pm
Last updated 14 December, 2008 - 10:49am
need to know more please
i have spiders like this in my house in iowa!! never seen them any where till i did research and found your pics do u know if they r harmful i have been bit by one and had a slight reaction ie itching small bump red then lil pain but lasted almost a week,i dont know it my head aches had anything to do with the bite at the time? thank you for any thing you can tell me about these spiders.
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sarah hafenbrack
, 6 October, 2012 - 11:41am
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Are you sure?
These spiders are only 2 mm. I don't think it's even possible for them to bite through human skin. As the Balabans mentioned on your other post you only need to watch out for widows & recluse spiders. Any other spider bite (which are extremely rare) might cause a reaction like a bee sting... harmless.
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Lynette Elliott
, 7 October, 2012 - 9:31pm
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Moved
Moved from
Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders
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Lynette Elliott
, 14 December, 2008 - 10:49am
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From Rod Crawford...
Definitely not Erigone - they have teeth around the edge of the
carapace. Microscopic examination needed for positive ID. One
possibility would be Pelecopsis sculpta, but that's not something I'd
really expect on a windowsill (they're moss spiders).
Rod looked at this again and says it's "probably" Entelecara acuminata
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Lynette Elliott
, 27 May, 2008 - 8:39am
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