Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Is it or is it not?, 0 by plantfreak78

plantfreak78 wrote:
I found this in my backyard yesterday. It had the characteristic hodgepodgey, crackly sounding web but I'm not used to them having hairs on their abdomens. Plus the hourglass marking is not well defined and has an added spot on the end. I had an infestation of black widow spiders (or so I thought) at my old house so maybe this one came along when I moved. I don't like to kill anything, even a spider, unless it is dangerous so I want to be absolutely sure about the ID. (and yes I know that their toxicity is somewhat overblown but I'm not taking any chances)