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Guessing a baby black widow. It looks different than the adults I have seen pictured.
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- Submitted: Oct 18, 2021
- Photographed: Oct 18, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Steatoda grandis. It’s a False Widow. They are in the same family, Theridiidae, as the Widows. Their venom is medically insignificant to us, however. They are quite patent against Widows, Recluses, ticks, roaches, and many other bugs. They’re quite impressive for common little spiders. Your spider looks very different from the other False Widows because the species (no common name) has an isolated population in your area and isn’t common or widespread.