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Mostly black, haphazard web, white egg sack behind. Spider has whitish/silver line on belly. Live in Renton, WA. Located in outside shed. Possibly a widow of some sort? Appeared to have a brown smaller version living in same web.
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- Submitted: Jan 14, 2018
- Photographed: Jan 13, 2018
- Spider: Theridiidae (Cobweb Weavers)
- Location: Renton, Washington, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Egg Sacs, Ventral, Webs
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Sep 28, 2019
Sep 20, 2019
Madison, 
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 Tentatively it looks like you have a False Widow (Steatoda sp.). I’d need a dorsal image of the spider to be more specific. Widows (Latrodectus spp.) typically present with more robust legs and some red or orange underneath … but not always, just most of the time.