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  • Dec 4, 2007, 12:07 PM
    cfarrow
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  • Dec 4, 2007, 12:34 PM
    parttime
    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.
  • Dec 4, 2007, 03:52 PM
    parttime
    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
  • Dec 4, 2007, 04:20 PM
    kp2171
    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... don't have the other links I used to cross reference...

    Spider Identification and Management from Montana State University Extension Service
  • Dec 5, 2007, 12:29 AM
    gnahcd
    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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