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Steatoda borealis - male
Copyright © 2008 John R. Maxwell

Steatoda borealis - Male
Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
November 22, 2008
Size: Maybe around 6 mm?
Sometimes people ask me "Do you have any pictures of the palps?" I thought I would try some just for fun, so I picked (on) this guy. Any comments would help. They can range from:
Not enough detail - please wait until you get a real camera.
Wrong angle - need one from the top/bottom/side
Wrong rotation - why is this one upside-down
etc.

I added the other full shot images just because I had them.

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 22 November, 2008 - 3:05pm
Last updated 8 May, 2009 - 6:57pm

Moved
Moved from Steatoda.
… John R. Maxwell, 8 May, 2009 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Lynette Schimming, 21 December, 2008 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Steatoda
Do you know what this spider is? Why have these all been frassed? Do you want me to send these to Rod and see what he says about the palp shots?
… Lynette Schimming, 21 December, 2008 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

 
Images
I uploaded directly to frass just to show the images to people. I thought that we had enough unidentified images so I was just showing the images off or on some of them asking questions. We can save any that people want, I just thought we had enough and I try to keep my ego-posting to a minimum (sometimes).

Any help with a specific ID would be great.
… John R. Maxwell, 21 December, 2008 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Steatoda borealis
I'm about 95% sure of this one. See for some comparision images:

http://forum.canadianarachnology.org/viewtopic.php?t=573

Also, I find a lot of these where I live and have keyed them out. They look just like your spider.
… John Sloan, 8 May, 2009 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I appreciate the help!
… John R. Maxwell, 8 May, 2009 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

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