Unidentified

Picture ID 42352

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

I found this spider crawling on my bare leg. Moved it to the sink to get the picture. Never seen it before. Would like to know what it is. Poisonous? Or not?

  • Submitted by: 
    Turin
  • Submitted: Oct 4, 2018
  • Photographed: Oct 4, 2018
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Kaysville, Utah, United States
  • Spotted Indoors: Other
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes:
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TangledWeb

Hi, this looks like a cob web spider in the Genus Steatoda. They make messy-looking clumps of web that tends to get really dusty (cob webs). They spend most of their time in dark enclosed places away from humans. They can’t see well and use mainly use vibrations to find their prey. I doubt it intended to be on a human leg. 🙂 In a bathroom they are usually behind a toilet, or sink vanity, mirror, or wall clock. They kill insects and other spiders.