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Ranger1776 Mc Kinney, TX Oct 31, 2017

Ive been seeing these spiders very frequently in my garage. I’ve almost touched them a couple times while reaching for the door handle and I’m worried that they might be poisonous. Can anyone identify?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Oct 31, 2017

These appear to be Steatoda tringulosa, a cobweb/comb-footed spider. Although they have venom glands and thus technically may be considered venomous, I can find no record of this species ever biting a human. Some other species in this genus can have a painful (but not dangerous) bite.

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