Comments & ID Thoughts
My 1st impression was black widow, it was shiny like a black widow but it legs werent long and spindly like other Black widows Ive seen.
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- Submitted: Jun 18, 2026
- Photographed: Jun 18, 2026
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Hermiston, Oregon, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Looks like Calobius severus, a hacklmesh weaver.
Species Callobius severus – BugGuide.Net
thank you! It was odd. shaped more like a jumping spider, but all black and shiny like a black widow. Our extremely mild winter, I think, caused us to have 10x the amount of spiders and bugs this year. Some of both, like this spider, I have never seen.