Steatoda grossa
(False Black Widow)

Comments & ID Thoughts

I found this spider on the wall of my apartment and was struck by it as I have never seen one similar before. We tend to have very few spiders in the house. The building is very old (16th century) and there is renovation work taking place downstairs so I wonder if it may have been disturbed by that.
It was quite small, perhaps an inch and a half in length.

• Submitted by: 
  
  helena-emiliana
• Submitted: Mar 27, 2019
• Photographed: Mar 19, 2019
• Spider: Steatoda grossa (False Black Widow)
• Location: Rome, Italy
• Spotted Indoors: Other
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Dorsal