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Spider ID request - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female
Copyright © 2010 Miguel Denyer

Spider ID request - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - Female
Van Buren Twp, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
September 18, 2010
Size: 1 cm
Please help me identify this spider - could it be from the Latrodectus family?
Contributed by Miguel Denyer on 18 September, 2010 - 6:43pm
Last updated 14 November, 2010 - 12:42am

Moved
Moved from Spiders. From Rod Crawford: The egg sacs are completely diagnostic of tepidariorum.
… Lynette Elliott, 14 November, 2010 - 12:42am

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Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 10 October, 2010 - 8:34am

It reminds me of
the Common House Spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum)...



...or at least something in that neighborhood. If that's right (and be sure to wait for expert confirmation), it would be in the same family (Theridiidae) as Latrodectus. Unlike Widows, however, House Spiders are harmless.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 September, 2010 - 6:53pm

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