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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.

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

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Invertebrate

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Super Sticky Trapper

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

Habilidad

Venomous Bite

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

Medidas y detalles

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

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

  • Flies
  • Cockroaches
  • Woodlice
  • Other spiders

Método de búsqueda

  • Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Brown WidowCommon Widow SpiderDark Widow

Colecciones

Seguridad

Peligro

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Qué tamaño tiene False Black Widow?

0.8 cm

¿Cuál es el web Size Cm de False Black Widow?

25 cm

¿Cuánto pesa False Black Widow?

0.05 g

¿Cuánto vive False Black Widow?

6 años

¿Qué come False Black Widow?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente False Black Widow?

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

¿Cómo caza False Black Widow?

Ambush

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