Found this little guy in my hotel room in San Diego tonight. I don't think it's a recluse because of the markings on the abdomen. I couldn't find any solid resemblances in any images.
Found this little guy in my hotel room in San Diego tonight. I don't think it's a recluse because of the markings on the abdomen. I couldn't find any solid resemblances in any images.
Last edited by mick246; 05-10-2012 at 02:27 AM.
This is a shot in the dark, but maybe the best match I could come up with, I'd suggest waiting for more opinions.
Perhaps it is a male false widow spider...
Here's a couple links
http://bugguide.net/node/view/6932
http://www.spiders.us/species/steatoda-grossa/
From what I can see, I agree with Whitlock that it is a male Steatoda spider.
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Thanks guys. I was only looking at the female species. Now that you point it out, it definitely looks like a male Steatoda.
In some species of spiders, males and females differ greatly in appearance. Sometimes the differences are so striking that they don't even look like the same species.
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I concur, likely a male False Black Widow, Steatoda grossa.
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