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False Black Widow

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.

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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.

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False Black Widow
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False Black Widow

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

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!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sticky Trapper

False Black Widows spin messy, tangled webs of strong silk that helps them trap unsuspecting insects and other spiders.

Fähigkeit

Venomous Bite

False Black Widows have a venomous bite that helps them quickly subdue their prey for an easy meal.

Maße und Details

Length Cm
0.8 cm
Web Size Cm
25 cm
Weight G
0.05 g
Lifespan Years
6 Jahre

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny hunters mostly eat other insects and spiders by trapping them in their messy webs!

Hauptnahrung

  • Flies
  • Cockroaches
  • Woodlice
  • Other spiders

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

House fly

Musca domestica

A common insect prey caught in their webs.

hunts

German cockroach

Blattella germanica

Known to prey on cockroaches found indoors.

hunts

Southern black widow

Latrodectus mactans

Can sometimes overpower and eat other spiders, including black widows.

eaten by

Eurasian nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Spiders, including False Black Widows, are part of their diet.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Brown WidowCommon Widow SpiderDark Widow

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always avoid touching spiders and observe them from a safe distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Wie groß ist False Black Widow?

0.8 cm

Was ist der/die/das web Size Cm von False Black Widow?

25 cm

Wie viel wiegt False Black Widow?

0.05 g

Wie lange lebt False Black Widow?

6 Jahre

Was frisst False Black Widow?

These tiny hunters mostly eat other insects and spiders by trapping them in their messy webs!

Wo findet man False Black Widow normalerweise?

They prefer dark, sheltered areas like basements, garages, and under furniture.

Wie jagt False Black Widow?

Ambush

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