Unidentified

Picture ID 101379

Picture of unidentified spider
  • Submitted by: 
    Jent
  • Submitted: Mar 29, 2020
  • Photographed: Mar 29, 2020
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Foley , Alabama, United States
  • Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
  • Found in web?: Yes
  • Attributes:
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TangledWeb

She’s in genus Parasteatoda of family Theridiidae. Here’s one of my own photos of a female and males: https://spiderid.com/picture/97488/ They are called Common House Spiders, though they seem to usually be outdoors. I think they mostly eat small moths and really tiny flying insects, but I’ve seen mine catch tiny katydids or immature bush crickets. If you click on my username or profile pic then the camera icon and scroll down, I have a variety of photos of them mating and attempting to mate and the egg sacs. They aren’t aggressive to people and the venom isn’t medically significant. I… Read more »