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- 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
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Feb 24, 2020 - Photographed
Feb 24, 2020 
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Help identify this spider
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- Submitted Feb 25, 2020
- Photographed Feb 25, 2020
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- Submitted Feb 26, 2020
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Steatoda spp.
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- Submitted Apr 25, 2020
- Photographed Apr 25, 2020
- 2 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.