Unidentified

Picture ID 136436

Picture of unidentified spider
  • Submitted by: 
    Balintz
  • Submitted: Apr 22, 2021
  • Photographed: Apr 22, 2021
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Budapest, Hungary
  • Spotted Indoors: Basement or Cellar
  • Found in web?: Yes
  • Attributes:
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Helper-Harvestman

Greetings! Thank you for sharing your find with us here at SpiderID!

I think this is Steatoda castanea. It has a round, dark body with one white dorsal stripe. What do you think?

Here is the photo gallery at iNaturalist, showing the markings and color variations of Steatoda castanea:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/231492-Steatoda-castanea/browse_photos

Helper-Harvestman

No worries; your photo may not be the sharpest, but it is more than sufficient for at least a reasonable guess.

I briefly considered S. bipunctata, but from what I’m seeing, its body shape is more button-shaped than domed. It seems to have a flattened top and always has two prominent indentations (the “bipunctata” part of the name), while your spider is very definitely a smooth oval. S. bipunctata also tends to be more of a reddish-brown with dark red carapace and legs.