I am going to try something new. I plan, every week or so, to the discovering of some manner of life in our around my house or yard or neighborhood and researching it. Hopefully I will learn some interesting things and it's also an excuse to post more often on this blog!
Today I found a spider in the corner of a window of my basement. I have seen a couple of this nature before, especially under the deck of my house where it is dark and scary. They always looked black-widow-ish to me, so I have stayed clear and went on my merry way. Today though, I got in close to get some pictures. I had to knock the poor guy (gal?) out of its cobweb and onto the floor for some proper pictures, and then set the little fellow loose under the deck, outside the house.
Armed with my pictures, I hit the internet pretty hard in search of the name of this creature. After finding some great resources, I confirmed that this spider is a fairly common cob-web spider, specifically what appears to be a Steatoda bipunctata. Here are some
other pictures of this spider that helped me confirm it's identity.
There was no wikipedia article for the species of my little friend
so I created one, and donated a picture to wikimedia.
Labels: From the Yard, Photography, Spiders, Taxonomy
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