Is this a Brown WIDOW?

parttime · Dec 4, 2007, 10:34 AM

I would say it's a common house spider, but I'm no expert, go to bugsguide.com for another opinion.

well that site don't work I see, but if it's a widow it will have the hour glass shape on it abdomen, won't be red like the black widow but yellow to orange looking.

parttime · Dec 4, 2007, 01:52 PM

Now I have it, the site to use to identify bug in the U.S. is www.bugguide.net there you can get the info you want. good luck

kp2171 · Dec 4, 2007, 02:20 PM

not an expert here. have searched before myself for ids of black widows and brown recluse...

can you get a better pic of the eyes? i know i used the following link before, and others like it, and the drawing of the eyes helped a lot with the determination... dont have the other links i used to cross reference...

Spider Identification and Management from Montana State University Extension Service

gnahcd · Dec 4, 2007, 10:29 PM

I would go with the cobweb weaver, Steatoda triangulosa. I am basing this on the pattern on the back of its abdomen. It matches the picture I found at http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/spiders1.htm

A picture of a brown widow can be found at http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/PPD/PDF...eometricus.pdf



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