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tiny brown spider - Steatoda

tiny brown spider - Steatoda
Morgan, Orleans County, Vermont, USA
March 29, 2017
Found in school by students; very small, very fast. Spun silk inside a tupperware container and hung from the lid. I've looked and can't find anything to match. I actually thought it was an ant at first (a wonderful sign of spring). Male, right? It is still winter here, below freezing outside and snowing, so I released it back inside the school. Thank you. My classes are diligent in finding us bugs, so I would like to be able to tell them what this is and a bit of it's natural history. Thank you.

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Moved
Moved from ID Request.
S. borealis/S. bipunctata, I'm not sure how to tell which.

 
Possibly from the tegular apophysis
(if I have the name right, the thick hooked apophysis visible in my dorsal and other borealis males) It seems to be absent in the dorsal of this spider and also in the bipunctata posted by Kyron. That would make this one a bipunctata if that is reliable. Paquin and Duperre, 2003 shows different patterns on the abdomens of females of the two species.

 
That's what I thought ...
but wasn't sure if it was just the angle of the image.

Looks a lot like Steatoda borealis
Adult male


 
thank you! Off to look him up
thank you! Off to look him up for the morning!

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