Steatoda borealis

Picture ID 42430

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Crawling across my daughters arm - would love to know what it is ASAP - thank you so much!

Submitted by:
andreajunelle
Submitted: Oct 5, 2018
Photographed: Oct 5, 2018
Spider: Steatoda borealis
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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October 5, 2018 12:01 pm

False Widow, Steatoda borealis. 🙂

andreajunelle

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

October 5, 2018 12:14 pm

Thank you so much ItsyBitsy 🙂 That’s what I suspected – I’ve had 3 of them in (or near) this room – above the garage – in recent months. Thanks again!

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