Comments & ID Thoughts
I was wondering if this was a black widow. We noticed it when it was fighting a wasp to death in our storm window. It has one or two triangular marks on its belly. It's a lighter color, but not bright red.
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- Submitted: Nov 5, 2018
- Photographed: Nov 5, 2018
- Spider: Steatoda grossa (False Black Widow)
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Lateral, Webs, Prey
I have additional photos.
This is the Steatoda grossa, or the false black widow
Too bad we didn’t figure this out until now. We smushed it.
Yes, this is the stuff of nature videos: Spider VS Wasp – Fangs or Stinger- Who Will Survive?!