Steatoda borealis

Picture ID 6597

Submitted by:
mrsfitz
Submitted: Mar 7, 2018
Photographed: Mar 7, 2018
Spider: Steatoda borealis
Sex:
Male,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Sanford, Maine, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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MrsFitz

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March 7, 2018 8:15 am

This spider was found in an old school crawling on the floor. Looks like a black ant with red and black banded legs, tan marking on its round body. Large “fangs”.

ItsyBitsy

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March 7, 2018 9:24 am

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a male False Widow, Stetaoda borealis. The “fangs” are actually pedipalps, on mature male spiders they are enlarged, particularly so in this species and are used to transfer sperm to the female. (Sorry if that was too much info. 😀 )
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1004759/bgimage