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False widow or lace?
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- Submitted: Apr 1, 2020
- Photographed: Apr 1, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Hanna, Wyoming, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Unidentified
Picture ID 101620
Looks like a false widow in the Steatoda genus.
Sure is and it is one we rarely see. This is Steatoda grandis (click on Wyoming and scroll down). Nightmareofsin, ? Well, not the spider….. She’s only sinful in that she will kill and eat her own kind. I guess that counts. She’s not dangerous to humans.
Interesting!
My son and I have come to the conclusion it’s a Rabbit Hutch Spider. Same genus as Steatoda.
It’s theoretically possible https://bugguide.net/node/view/5386 but less likely. According to the sources Bugguide.net uses there haven’t been any confirmed sightings of that species in Wyoming. Their site most stayed with genus level of taxonomy for the Steatoda spp. of Wyoming. A dissection microscope and the specimen is required for scientific confirmation. We do our best to give the most precise answer possible from photos. Some species of living things also require genetic testing to be identified. There are multiple taxonomic systems in use in the world and the definitions of each level, like genus and species are debatable as genetic testing… Read more »