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Could this be an immature widow? Not able to get a look at its underside.
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- Submitted: Jan 14, 2021
- Photographed: Jan 14, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Berkeley, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
It looks like Steatoda nobilis, a False Widow. They are in the same family, Theridiidae, as the Widows, but a different genus. This one in a fairly recently introduced species to California from Europe. It isn’t dangerous to people, but it is quite dangerous to insects and other spider species. This one appears to have caught a Lacewing. I’m not certain on your spider’s species, the colors are a bit off. I also don’t recognize all of the native Steatoda species. The False Widows can appear to have an underlayer of chitin that looks like old embossed foil decorative paper.… Read more »