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I believe this is a false widow spider would like to know more found in Gunnison Colorado in my home on the carpet possibly hitchhiked a ride from Delta Colorado at my moms house where she has found multiple black widows
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- Submitted: Jan 25, 2020
- Photographed: Jan 21, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: gunnison, Colorado, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Nice! This might be Steatoda grandis, a False Widow with a small range of mostly Colorado into the abutting states. https://bugguide.net/node/view/889023/data This is a link to Bugguide.net to their info on the species. You may not be able to see all of the data without creating a profile. It is a similar site to this one, but they specialize in North American species. I don’t know if your mom gets any credit. It is definitely possible. Colorado has Western Black Widows, Latrodectus hesperus. Some Steatoda species can kill and eat Black Widows. Pretty cool! They are in the same family,… Read more »