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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae)
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Cobweb Spider ID?
Copyright © 2014 Ray Lemke

Cobweb Spider ID?
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
March 9, 2014
Size: 3mm
I found this cobweb spider in my bathroom. It appears to be the same kind that was submitted by Margarethe Brummermann on March 12, 2013, Photos #751274 & 751275. Steatoda albomaculata or Asagena sp. Can this be resolved?

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Contributed by Ray Lemke on 9 March, 2014 - 1:13pm
Last updated 6 December, 2014 - 4:25pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 6 December, 2014 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 March, 2014 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

Steatoda variata
The range and pattern match S. variata very nicely compared to the images in Gertsch, 1982 (fulva group).

I started a draft on this issue at one point, but I haven't worked on it in a while. See here.

I'll email some experts and see if I can find out more.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 March, 2014 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

 
Is mine the same, then?
the one that's referenced above?
… margarethe brummermann, 10 March, 2014 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

 
It's possible
I sent both images off to experts for their opinions.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 March, 2014 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Lynette!
… margarethe brummermann, 10 March, 2014 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

Asagena? But mine never got further than
Subfamily either
… margarethe brummermann, 9 March, 2014 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

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