Unidentified

Picture ID 88382

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

Woke with many bites on shoulder blade area

  • Submitted by: 
    Locklin
  • Submitted: Sep 26, 2019
  • Photographed: Sep 26, 2019
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Kennebunk , Maine, United States
  • Spotted Indoors: Other
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes:
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TangledWeb

This is one of the False Widows, possibly Steatoda borealis. They bite people when skin is pressed against them. They are sensitive to physical pressure and bite in self-defense to attempt to get the animal pressing them to move away. The biting doesn’t seem to have awoken you nor was successful self-defense this time. In case you’re wondering, no it isn’t common to wake up in bed with a False Widow spider.