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Spider - Widow or Cobweb ?? I have no idea - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female
Copyright © 2005 Garred

Spider - Widow or Cobweb ?? I have no idea - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - Female
Forest Park, Clayton County, Georgia, USA
August 2, 2005
This is the spider that is living in the garage. The body type looks very much like a black widow but as you can see from the picture she is not black. Sorry for the focus but I was trying to get a good shot of the white half hourglass. The web had no symmetry. The baby spiders are all white. So what do I have ?

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Spider - Widow or Cobweb ?? I have no idea - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female Spider - Widow or Cobweb ?? I have no idea - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female
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Contributed by Garred on 3 August, 2005 - 5:35pm
Last updated 30 August, 2005 - 12:26pm

Common house spider.
This is a female common house spider, Achaeranea tepidariorum. They are cobweb weavers like the black widow, but are completely harmless
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 August, 2005 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

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