Steatoda capensis
(False Katipo Spider)

Comments & ID Thoughts

At first I thought it might be a false widow but now I'm sure it isn't. It has longer legs at the front and back, shorter in between. There are a few yellow markings on the abdomen. It is very thin and has two tiny eyes closely spaced at the front of it's head. The body is shiny, not hairy. It has two large fangs, no visible palps.

• Submitted by: 
  
  royalbluedragon9
• Submitted: Mar 18, 2018
• Photographed: Mar 17, 2018
• Spider: Steatoda capensis (False Katipo Spider)
• Sex: 
  
  Male,
• Maturity: 
  Adult
• Location: Reitz, Free State, South Africa
• Spotted Indoors: Other
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Dorsal