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Cobweb Spider - Steatoda triangulosa - male

Cobweb Spider - Steatoda triangulosa - Male
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 1, 2007
Somehow this one got into the house. What is it?

Moved
Moved from Steatoda.

Adult
male triangulosa.

Moved
Moved from Cobweb Spiders.

Moved
Moved from Spiders.

Cobweb weaver.
Cobweb weavers are quite common indoors, actually, so no worries about lousy housekeeping:-) This one is probably Steatoda triangulosa, though there is at least one very similar species in that genus. Steatoda for sure, anyway....not dangerously venomous.

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