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Spiders sharing web area with black widow? - Scytodes atlacoya - male - female

Spiders sharing web area with black widow? - Scytodes atlacoya - Male Female
Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma, USA
These spiders were about a half inch or less from a cluster of three black widow eggs being guarded by the Mama Widow. I have also found Brown Recluse spiders in such close proximity and am curious about that behavior. I originally thought these were Brown recluse spiders, but after getting one of my boys to hold the charcoal bag so that I could photograph realized that they are not. So, I'm curious as to the ID of these spiders, and also about how these spiders co-habitate in such close proximity without being territorial (for lack of a better word).

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Nice find. They look like spitting spiders in genus Scytodes to me, but I'm not sure what species. I'm just as curious about their co-habiting and proximity to the widow. No idea what's going on there, very interesting!


Edit: All of them seem to be different sizes too. I wonder if the smaller ones might be males...?

 
I think you might be right...
Seems the individual in the far back has quite a round abdomen? Maybe soon to be laying eggs herself?

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