Widows? What have I got here??

[stubby8th]

Hey all -
I am in Texas, and we are comming into 'widow' season just about now. I have these all over the garage but my expertise is not true spiders . . . are these southern widows? False widows? If y'all are having a tough time identifing them from these pics, let me know and I can get some different angles.
By the way, in the first pic these two were just mating. The second pic is a few feet down the interior of the garage door and is a different spider.

Thanks in advance!

 

[8+)]

False widow is close, they look like Steatoda triangulosa to me.

 

[stubby8th]

False widow is close, they look like Steatoda triangulosa to me.

Is that a good thing? I mean, should I be concerned for my family if they get in the house? Or can I just let them go about they're business?

 

[8+)]

Just leave them alone and be thankful for the bugs they eat!

 

[spydrhunter1]

Definitely Steatoda triangulosa....as others have said leave them alone and be thankful for the free pest control.

 

[Bothrops]

Yeap, Steatoda triangulosa 100% sure

 

[buthus]

Yeap, Steatoda triangulosa 97.8% sure.

 

[Venom]

Nah, Steatoda triangulosa, 98.8% sure.

As for their medical significance, what little they have, look up that link I gave about Steatodism; it's the "great spider bite site" link.

 

[Widowman10]

99.8% sure.

 

[8+)]

I just found one in my basement. I was all excited, because I had an S. paykulliana escapee and the juveniles look similar. Oh well, not totally giving up hope that I'll find it, but it was tiny at the time. Probably didn't make it.

The S. triangulosa is the first I've seen here. Seems like S. grossa and P. tepidariorum dominate these parts.

 

[Widowman10]

I just found one in my basement. I was all excited, because I had an S. paykulliana escapee and the juveniles look similar. Oh well, not totally giving up hope that I'll find it, but it was tiny at the time. Probably didn't make it.

The S. triangulosa is the first I've seen here. Seems like S. grossa and P. tepidariorum dominate these parts.

i love the coloring/pattern of S. triangulosa. i think they are very pretty:}

 

[8+)]

As for their medical significance, what little they have, look up that link I gave about Steatodism; it's the "great spider bite site" link.

Are these even big enough to break skin? I think envenomations are from grossa, and paykulliana, and other larger Steatoda.