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Please help with I.D. - Steatoda
Copyright © 2008 C. DiFiori

Please help with I.D. - Steatoda
Henrico County, Virginia, USA
September 10, 2008
Could someone please tell me if this might be a juvenile (male?) black widow? Since we had a female black widow and egg sac outside (and now can't find her or the sac) and I found this spider inside the house I am concerned it might be a baby. It looks brown but the pattern and legs looked somewhat like pictures of juveniles. It wouldn't sit still long enough to get a decent photo so will frass this after I.D. Thank you very much!
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Contributed by C. DiFiori on 10 September, 2008 - 3:13pm
Last updated 10 September, 2008 - 4:38pm

Not widow.
This is one of the "false widows" in the genus Steatoda. Same family as Latrodectus (Theridiidae), so that leads to much confusion. Nice image.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 September, 2008 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Eric, thank you. I can relax now! :-) My main concern is with my cats playing with these guys. It's still in the bugcatcher so I'll release it outside. And as long as you say it's a nice image, I won't frass it. Thank you! Carol
… C. DiFiori, 10 September, 2008 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

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