Help me identify this spider please

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spiderjul67 Belton, SC Aug 26, 2016

Just saw this spider and killed it. Seemed to be walking pretty slow. Bad at identifying spiders but this is the only image i have. I put it in different sizes so you could see how big it was. Maybe about an inch or a half an inch.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 26, 2016

I cannot be certain, but it might be a male cobweb spider in the genus Steatoda...

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greenna Eugene, OR Aug 29, 2016

I would second that tentative identification, and since you are from South Carolina, here's another suggestion, that is very closely related.

http://gratography.com/spiders/

The common house spider, Achaearanea tepidariorum, for example, has long been a fixture in many Southeast homes. Its nuisance status means that many homeowners do not give the cobweb Theridiidae spiders a second thought until they associate the family with the widow spiders (Latrodectus genus)."

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