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I think this is a common house spider based on other pictures on this website, but I didn't see this abdomen marking clearly on any other pictures.
It is in a west facing window with a large area of disorganized webbing.
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- Submitted: Mar 21, 2024
- Photographed: Mar 21, 2024
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Bandon, Oregon, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
I think you’re correct about it being a house spider, in genus Steatoda or Parasteatoda. The markings are giving you trouble because this is the underside ( ventral plane surface) of the spider and most of the reference photos are from the top ( dorsal plane). The most useful markings and features of a spider are on the dorsal surface. If you can get a photo of her top, I’ll be happy to ID her. We don’t have convenient photo submission linking. If you post another photo, do it as a new submission in the same account. Our photos stay… Read more »
Thank you, I will keep trying, she seems to hang out upside down, and if I try to get a photo from below it disturbs her web….I’ll keep an eye out.