HELP! Need ID on this SPIDER

Found this hiding in a dark closet nesting with an egg sac under the lip of a bucket. There was no web. just a fuzzy tangle. Felt something funny, the spider was hanging from my hand, shook it off, killed the egg, took a picture with my phone. It got away under a boulder. The body was hard looking, a bit shiny. In spite of the picture, there were NO white markings. The ones showing are actually reflections off the shiny body, The spider was the size of a "loonie" with legs fully extended, but appear much smaller when walking on the ground (about the size of a quarter)

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Minot, ND

This is a cobweb/comb-footed spider (family Theridiidae) in the genus Steatoda; possibly S. bipunctata - see http://www.bioscripts.net/zoowiki/temas/21A/araa_wiki_56.jpg for an image. Although they can deliver a painful bite (personal experience!), these spiders are not dangerous to humans.

Are you sure? The body did not look bulbous as the link you provided shows and it was much lighter in color.

Minot, ND

Yes. The image I chose was meant just as an example, not to be taken as an exact match. Like humans, spider species show a good deal of individual variation. If you Google images of Steatoda bipunctata, you will see what I mean...

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