I have posted in this forum before with a different spider identified in this forum as a Brown Recluse. I have caught MANY recluse in my house since then and have made several pendants with them using epoxy.
I now have another spider I need help with identifying. It was living in a window sill that has several cracks plenty big enough to retreat to. Its webs are very fine and went unnoticed until we raised alot of dust from re-modeling and the web was coated in white dust. The web has no uniform design, its just cobbled up and messy.
At first when I caught it, I just dropped it in with one of the Brown Recluse I have in a jar which is there until I have time to make another pendant. After looking online at some pictures of a male ***c* ***** spider, OR possibly a juvenile female of the same species, I decided to save it from the recluse and get some pictures to post here. I prefer not to spell out what I think it may be so that your opinions are not influenced by mine. Although, if you study the spacing and letter provided you could figure it out, but please ID it first.
The size is at most aprox 1/8 inch body, and about 3/8 inch leg span.
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This may not be what I feared at first, here is a picture somewhat similar to what I have here. http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=American-House-Spider
The description says it is a relative to the black widow but not deadly.
It should be noted, If I blow on or shake the glass mine is in it balls up and perhaps plays dead like this description says.
This appears to be Steatoda triangulosa - see http://tinyurl.com/5234u8 for images. This species also belongs to the same family as the widow spiders (Theridiidae), but it is harmless to humans.
Yes, That looks exactly like what I have. I was thinking perhaps a juvenile female black widow or a male black widow. But I couldn't find any pictures that looked quite like mine. At least I was....somewhat close, Its in the same family as a widow. Thanks for Identifying it!
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