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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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Small spider
Copyright © 2014 Silverbolt

Small spider
Comox, British Columbia, Canada
June 23, 2014
All I can tell you is it's not an aggressive spider, it's small, guessing a couple mm.
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Contributed by Silverbolt on 23 June, 2014 - 5:22am
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.
… john and jane balaban, 11 July, 2014 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

cropping
can you crop this image and put it back up? It's almost impossible to see any detail from the current image. Thanks!
… Even Dankowicz, 23 June, 2014 - 5:29am login or register to post comments

 
Cropping
Is that better? I have other pics of it but it's kind of curled up.
… Silverbolt, 23 June, 2014 - 5:40am login or register to post comments

 
cropping
try to get the subject to take up as much of the frame as possible.
… James Reben, 23 June, 2014 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

 
Cropping
It's pretty blurry, hope you can still identify this little charmer.
… Silverbolt, 23 June, 2014 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

 
still tiny
only throwing in a guess of Parasteatoda...
Not an expert
… James Reben, 23 June, 2014 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I would also take a look at S
I would also take a look at Steatoda.
… Even Dankowicz, 23 June, 2014 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you all.
I uploaded a better photo, are they harmless spiders?
… Silverbolt, 23 June, 2014 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe it is
P. tabulata or tepidariorum?
… James Reben, 24 June, 2014 - 5:06am login or register to post comments

 
It does look similar to the s
It does look similar to the spider I saw, it's hard to pin point which species this little guy is. I don't think he's a harmful spider, but would like to be sure.
… Silverbolt, 24 June, 2014 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

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