Steatoda nobilis
(Noble False Widow)

Picture ID 3739

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Hanging upside-down from the soffit of my house right above my back door. If it's safe, I'll leave it to eating those annoying bugs. If not... Well...

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cali_classics
Submitted: Jan 7, 2018
Photographed: Jan 7, 2018
Spider: Steatoda nobilis (Noble False Widow)
Location: Escondido, California, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Lateral

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ItsyBitsy

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January 7, 2018 10:17 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 Your spider is a Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis).

Cali_Classics

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January 7, 2018 10:22 pm

That’s a dead ringer. I was worried about being a widow, but without the hourglass I wasn’t sure. Looks relatively harmless except for a painful bite. Also, it looks like it already got a fly, so he’s my friend now and I shall call him George.