Steatoda borealis

Comments & ID Thoughts

Two weeks ago I was bit by a spider while doing dishes. It felt like a bee sting and my finger swelled up twice the size. It then turned into a large bruise and spread a little but got better the next day. Today, while doing dishes, this shiny black spider was crawling up the sink. It had a white-ish or gold-ish marking and was probably the size of a nickel. No hair, just shiny. I have a second photo but couldn’t upload it?

• Submitted by: 
  
  sarah
• Submitted: Mar 12, 2018
• Photographed: Mar 12, 2018
• Spider: Steatoda borealis
• Location: Wethersfield , Connecticut, United States
• Spotted Indoors: Sink or bathtub
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Lateral