Steatoda
(False Widows)

Picture ID 55102

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No idea dark brown under bottom maybe a type of widow

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koch-yeet
Submitted: Mar 23, 2019
Photographed: Mar 23, 2019
Spider: Steatoda (False Widows)
Location: Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Spotted Indoors: Attic
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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March 24, 2019 1:16 am

Hi, this looks like one of the False Widows (Steatoda sp.). Not sure which exact one, if there’s a pattern on the abdomen the sand on it is obscuring it.

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March 24, 2019 1:17 am

True Widows (Latrodectus) tend to have more robust legs than this one,

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Steatoda (False Widows)

Picture ID 55102

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