They are web dwellers although adult males may go on the lam for mates. They are established in California and Texas, and their range is obviously expanding. Actually, this is the first I have heard of them in Idaho. May have to wait for the latest edition of the world spider catalog to confirm their present range. People move into eastern Idaho from Ca, and easy to bring hitchhikers via eggs, IE: hobo spiders are now state wide,1 decade back, they were not found here. BTW, I am about 50 miles south of you, never saw one down here, just… Read more »
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Hi. this is one of the false widows, Steatoda nobilis, noble false widow. Sometimes called skull spider.
Not dangerous at all.
It’s dose have a web and are usually skull spiders in Idaho
They are web dwellers although adult males may go on the lam for mates. They are established in California and Texas, and their range is obviously expanding. Actually, this is the first I have heard of them in Idaho. May have to wait for the latest edition of the world spider catalog to confirm their present range. People move into eastern Idaho from Ca, and easy to bring hitchhikers via eggs, IE: hobo spiders are now state wide,1 decade back, they were not found here. BTW, I am about 50 miles south of you, never saw one down here, just… Read more »