Araneidae
(Orb-weavers)

Picture ID 55899

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Is this a brown recluse? It was found on a messy looking web in the back of my entertainment center. It it had 8 legs and whatd looks to be a black pattern on its butt?

Submitted by:
tiffanymom
Submitted: Apr 4, 2019
Photographed: Apr 4, 2019
Spider: Araneidae (Orb-weavers)
Location: Somerset, Kentucky, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes: Ventral

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TiffanyMOM

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April 4, 2019 11:47 am

Can anyone please help me identify this spider? Thank you in advance.

BugmanDan

April 4, 2019 6:48 pm

Hi. This is hard to work with, but don’t see recluse features. More like cobweb spider like Steatoda triangulosa or Parasteatoda tepidariorum.
Note recluse have no patterns on the abdomen or legs.

ItsyBitsy

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April 4, 2019 8:08 pm

This looks like the underside of an Orb-weaver (Araneidae). Behind your entertainment center is an odd place to find one, they would rather be outside.