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White-spotted False Widow

Steatoda albomaculata

1,011 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 50, February 37, March 57, April 90, May 130, June 142, July 152, August 131, September 96, October 72, November 39, December 31.
United States1,453
Alaska1,027
Colorado257
Canada165
Ontario42
Russia42
British Columbia41
Wyoming39
Alberta33
Nebraska28

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyComb-footed Spiders · Theridiidae
GenusFalse Widow Spiders · Steatoda

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