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False Black Widow (male)

Steatoda grossa

Description:

About 5-7 millimeters in body length; colored as shown.

Habitat:

On the exterior of a window screen on an apartment building in an urban residential neighborhood.

Notes:

This species is very common in basements, cellars, garages, and similar dark locations where it spins a tangled cobweb.

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1 Comment

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Very nice on white Eric.

BugEric
Spotted by
BugEric

Portland, Oregon, USA

Spotted on Dec 11, 2014
Submitted on Jan 16, 2015

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