My true spider

[Stefan-V]

This little spider thought it could mooch of my crickets, but now he has a safe life from my mom in this vial.
I would like to know what it is and to know how big they get. sorry, the pics are still kinda blurry, it was moving all the time.
The last pic is of it making a a parchute like thing so it could fall of the paper(I think).

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[Mithrandir]

Hi, It's certainly a species from te family Theridiidae and i think an adult female. Perhaps a Steatoda sp. ?

 

[Farom]

Haha...reminds me of the time I found an enormous female black widow in a box of crickets.
I set her up in a container, and she soon laid an eggsack, and then while I was at school my mom killed them...:wall:

Thanks,
Andrew

 

[Stefan-V]

So it is from the same family as the Black widow? Does it mean that it's venomous aswell? Because I have let it walk on my hand and stuff....

Stefan-V

 

[Mithrandir]

They're not aggressive at all, but I wouldn't do that anymore if I were you though... it's a female and she can certainly pierce your skin and conflict a lot of pain. How bad it is depends on the species of course but still...

 

[Stefan-V]

They're not aggressive at all, but I wouldn't do that anymore if I were you though... it's a female and she can certainly pierce your skin and conflict a lot of pain. How bad it is depends on the species of course but still...

Thanks, man! I'll definately be a little more careful and responsible. Glad nothing happend.:clap:
I have got stung by a scorpion a long time ago (still hurts thinking about it). I definately don't want to get bitten by something in the family of black widow.

Stefan-V

 

[NRF]

Achaearanea tepidariorum