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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Steatoda » Steatoda nobilis
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Found in The United States. - Steatoda nobilis - female
Copyright © 2012 Patty421

Found in The United States. - Steatoda nobilis - Female
Santa Paula, Ventura County, California, USA
November 21, 2012
I was told it was a cobweb spider.
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Contributed by Patty421 on 21 November, 2012 - 11:09pm
Last updated 24 November, 2012 - 1:16pm

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Moved from ID Request. Looks good to me. If you got any other angles of the spider, they'd be most welcome too!
… Kyron Basu, 24 November, 2012 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

 
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I'll try. It hides inside a crack and I will have to wait for it to come out.
*edit: It looks like the spider has moved. I can see a tinier one, but it is covered by all the cobweb.
… Patty421, 24 November, 2012 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

Steatoda nobilis
Nice find.
… Laura P., 21 November, 2012 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Sooo...
Thank you. So is it really a cobweb spider?
… Patty421, 21 November, 2012 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

 
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Another thing about this species is it's originally from Europe but has since managed to establish itself in Ventura County via a naval base.
… Laura P., 22 November, 2012 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

 
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I was informed about this. And I was also told to submit it in this site since there were little to no pictures of the creatures in Ventura County.
… Patty421, 22 November, 2012 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks, we appreciate it! :D I'm going to leave this in ID request for a little longer so the other editors can see it and confirm my ID.
… Laura P., 22 November, 2012 - 12:24am login or register to post comments

 
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It's in the family Theridiidae which are commonly known as Cobweb Spiders, so yes it's really a Cobweb Spider. There are over 2,200 known species of Cobweb Spider.
… Laura P., 21 November, 2012 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

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