Steatoda borealis

Comments & ID Thoughts

false black widow, steatoda sp?
I submitted two other photos of this species, but they didn’t show abdominal dimpling like this one. It is black with bright refractive gold lines. It lives in a web inside my outdoor compost bin.

• Submitted by: 
  
  tangledweb
• Submitted: Oct 28, 2018
• Photographed: Oct 26, 2018
• Spider: Steatoda borealis
• Location: Nashua , New Hampshire, United States
• Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
• Found in web?: Yes
• Attributes: Dorsal