Comments & ID Thoughts
Black Widow? Isn’t the hour glass supposed to be on the stomach? Red is on back? Hmm?
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- Submitted: Feb 21, 2019
- Photographed: Feb 14, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Basement or Cellar
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Help??
Hi, yes Black Widows have a red hourglass on the (ventral) underside. The back (dorsal) markings on this one are kinda gold. It is a type of False Widow, probably Steatoda triangulosa. She doesn’t want an encounter with you either. She would rather hide in a dark niche and catch insects that stumble into her messy-looking web.