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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Parasteatoda » Common House Spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum)
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Theridiidae sp? - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female
Copyright © 2010 stan gilliam

Theridiidae sp? - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - Female
Oak Ridge, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
October 15, 2010
Size: head to tail 9mm
Doesn't have the same coloration as the common house spiders in my basement. This one lives outside. 2 ft above ground in corner.

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Theridiidae sp? - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female Theridiidae sp? - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female Theridiidae sp? - Parasteatoda tepidariorum - female
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Contributed by stan gilliam on 15 October, 2010 - 4:29pm
Last updated 18 October, 2010 - 9:51am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 October, 2010 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

Parasteatoda
Hi Stan,

I suspect that this is a somewhat darker example of the common cobweb spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum. (Of course a closer look at the epigynum would never hurt.)
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 17 October, 2010 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

 
yes
that would be my guess as well.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 October, 2010 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

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