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Steatoda grossa

Found in my backyard as I dismantled the sandbox the girls no longer play in. I'm a little rusty with a dichotomous key these days, but I'm pretty sure this is the spider known commonly as the False Black Widow. Not as toxic as its more recognizable Family Theridiidae cousin, it actually preys on true Black Widows.

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Uploaded on March 16, 2010
Taken on March 14, 2010