Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Spider - round brown body with light markings (brown widow?), 0 by mikamouse

mikamouse wrote:
I found this small spider in my house this summer. I have lived in Michigan for 40 years and have killed a lot of spiders. This is the first time I have seen this one. Could I have brought it with me from a recent trip to California? I had killed a black widow during my visit to S. California. This spider has the same shape but different markings. I have looked at many other spider search sites and have not found a similar one.