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A spider belonging to the Steatoda genus, in the Theridiidae family.
This specimen was about 15 - 20 mm in body length.
Found by my kids on the bathroom's tub, in the morning. Big specimen, on white background, with morning light... Couldn't ask for better conditions to take a picture.
Initially wrongfully identified it as a Recluse spider, but it is not so.
The expert who viewed the pictures said it could be one of the many Steatoda found in the region.
Spotted on Nov 18, 2012
Submitted on Dec 5, 2012
9 Comments
Hello Agustín Amenabar and BugEric!! Do you think these two spiders also belong to Genus Steatoda?
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Thanks Smit'sZoo.
And the verdict on the ID is in:
The expert who reviewed the pictures said it could be one of the many Steatoda found in the region, but without the specimen to look closer he wouldn't guess a particular species.
Wow! great spot!
It definitely was an Theridiidae, it could to be a Steatoda grossa, that seems to be common where I live.
Really?
I'll ask a local entomologist. Will look deeper into this and post an update of what I find.
Thanks Eric.
This is *not* a recluse. It is a member of the cobweb weaver family Theridiidae, a male, and perhaps in the genus Steatoda. Completely wrong eye arrangement for a recluse spider.
Poor girl, did she get a necrotic wound?
A friend of mine was once bitten in the leg and had a very big black rash for weeks but it never got serious.
I had a neice bitten by a Recluse here in the States. It caused big problems.
Lucky finding! White backdrop, with morning light reflecting against the shower curtain? couldn't get any better.
My youngest boy (3yo) found it trapped on my bathtub, in the morning, so even with my crappy lenses I could take good pictures of this big specimen. He was fascinated taking pictures too.