




steatoda grossa
The False Black Widow spider is a small, shiny spider that can be found in many places around your home! They are often mistaken for their more dangerous cousins, but they are generally harmless to humans.
Lebensraum: They prefer dark, sheltered areas like basements, garages, and under furniture.
The False Black Widow is a glossy, dark brown to black spider, often with a subtle purple sheen. Females have a pale crescent or triangle on their abdomen, sometimes with lighter spots. It distinctly lacks the bright red hourglass mark seen on true black widows.





Kategorie
InvertebrateSeltenheit
Common
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Snaps
Mach den ersten Snap!
Female False Black Widows can live surprisingly long, up to six years, laying many egg sacs in their lifetime!
Their smooth, glossy body can be mistaken for a shiny bead or a droplet of oil by accident!
These spiders can go for months without food, patiently waiting for their next meal to come along!
They sometimes eat other venomous spiders, like actual black widows, showing how tough they are!
False Black Widows spin messy, tangled webs of strong silk that helps them trap unsuspecting insects and other spiders.
False Black Widows have a venomous bite that helps them quickly subdue their prey for an easy meal.
These tiny hunters mostly eat other insects and spiders by trapping them in their messy webs!
Musca domestica
A common insect prey caught in their webs.
Blattella germanica
Known to prey on cockroaches found indoors.
Latrodectus mactans
Can sometimes overpower and eat other spiders, including black widows.
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Sitta europaea
Spiders, including False Black Widows, are part of their diet.
Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.
Getarnt beschreibt Organismen, die über eine Färbung oder Musterung verfügen, durch die sie mit ihrer Umgebung verschmelzen.
Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Organismen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus tierischem Gewebe besteht.
Giftige Organismen produzieren Toxine, die typischerweise durch einen Biss oder Stich in ein anderes Tier injiziert werden.
Nachtaktive Tiere sind hauptsächlich in den Nachtstunden aktiv und ruhen oder schlafen normalerweise tagsüber.
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Always avoid touching spiders and observe them from a safe distance.
0.8 cm
25 cm
0.05 g
6 Jahre
These tiny hunters mostly eat other insects and spiders by trapping them in their messy webs!
They prefer dark, sheltered areas like basements, garages, and under furniture.
Ambush
Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.
Neueste Snaps erscheinen hier, wenn neue Beobachtungen hinzukommen.