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- Submitted: Mar 19, 2026
- Photographed: Mar 8, 2026
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Unidentified
Picture ID 206710
Is this a brown widow?
I’m not sure. She is in that family, Theridiidae. The other possible best answer is: Steatoda Noblis, a Noble False Widow. It looks like both, yet neither. He egg sac is in-between too. Brown Widows have spikey egg sacs. Like a meringue cookie with the pointy part all over it. This egg sac is a little bit spikey. The markings at the dorsal posterior are interesting. I’m not home and don’t have my spider guide books with me. I’m intrigued though.
Interesting. I’ll see if I can get a better photo of the egg sack next time I see one. The one I posted here is already gone, maybe they hatched??