Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Black spider with red back - I'm freaked - what is it?, 1 by CrashFatale

CrashFatale wrote:
I just moved into my place and have been finding a LOT of spiders. Most of which are harmless and of no concern. However, about 2 weeks ago I was outside and picked up a lid for the garage can and the largest Black Widow I have ever seen had made its web inside. Inside along with the widow were 2 other spiders. One was small black, and had a white hourglass, and the other was brown. It looked a lot like a male widow spider. I took care of the issue. But then I found a similar web above my door trim today. I sprayed the spider and found that there was a black spider behind the web. I grabbed a broom and took care of that. Although I am not positive; I believe it was a black widow as well based off of the web. Then today in my kitchen, on the conner of my table I found a dead spider. At first glance I thought it was a young widow. But when I started looking closely...It is looking more like that Red Backed Spider. If you look very close. You can see white or maybe yellow markings on the sides. I am in Fort Smith, AR.