Login
Register
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Apr 15, 2019
- Photographed: Apr 15, 2019
- Spider: Steatoda (False Widows)
- Location: Clinton, Washington, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Steatoda
(False Widows)
Picture ID 57026
Additional Pictures
Enlarge Picture
-
Steatoda spp.
(False Widows)
Family
Genus
Species
- Submitted
Jan 25, 2024 - Photographed
Jan 25, 2024 
3 Comments
Help identify this spider
Enlarge Picture
-
Steatoda spp.
(False Widows)Family
Genus
Species
- Submitted Feb 18, 2024
- Photographed Feb 18, 2024
Kildare, Ireland- 1 Comments
Enlarge Picture
-
Steatoda spp.
(False Widows)Family
Genus
Species
- Submitted Mar 30, 2024
- Photographed Mar 22, 2024
- 1 Comments
Enlarge Picture
-
Steatoda spp.
(False Widows)Family
Genus
Species
- Submitted Apr 4, 2024
- Photographed Apr 4, 2024
- 1 Comments
I woke up with this on my neck. It left behind some type of stinger thing that I had to pull out with tweezers. I am a bit freaked out.
Hi, this is one of the harmless cobweb spiders. I might say that in the course of swipin the spider from your neck, it provoked a bite and further broke off a fang or part of a mouth part, sorry for your experience. If the spider injected any venom, the outcome is unpredictable, ranging from nothing to local pain and swelling, perhaps headache and some nausea, worst case. compare to a mild bee sting. I have seen spiders bite for nothing more than to hang on, no venome, what is called a dry bite. Best treatment if there is any… Read more »
Hi, see above image for ID.