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Tangle web Spider

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order: Araneae

Family: Theridiidae

Genus: Steatoda

Species: Steatoda borealis or Triangulosa

 

Tangle-web spiders Steatoda spiders construct a cobweb or an irregular tangle of sticky silk fibers. The are also nicknamed "False Black Widows" or "False Widow" spiders. They are in the same familiy as widow spiders (Genus: Latrodectus), but not remotely as toxic. Some species of Steatoda (grossa and nobilis) can be harmful.

 

Found on 11-4-09 in Puyallup, WA.

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