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I would like to know what kind of spider this is. So far I found 2 in my shed this week. This one is dead. Is it poisioness.
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- Submitted: Jan 6, 2024
- Photographed: Jan 6, 2024
- Spider: Latrodectus geometricus (Brown Widow Spider)
- Location: Harbor city, California, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024
Marietta, 
This is a widow spider.in the genus Latrodectus. I think it is a brown widow but I don’t know enough to be sure it’s not a juvenile western black widow.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/133968/bgimage
They are considered medically significant, but not as bad as the western black widow.