You could say it's a cobweb spider of some sort. I mean, it's from the theridiidae family. I believe what you have there is a juvenile male black widow.
I did some searching and you are absolutely right. A young male black widow. Incredible. I let him crawl around on my hand before releasing him outside. Now I know what they look like.
Oh yeah, the males you don't have to worry about; IIRC it's the females that have the nasty bite, and even then they will have to feel threatened to do anything. The male widows are pretty chilled out.
[–] bonglebear 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
You could say it's a cobweb spider of some sort. I mean, it's from the theridiidae family. I believe what you have there is a juvenile male black widow.
[–] Bkow [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I did some searching and you are absolutely right. A young male black widow. Incredible. I let him crawl around on my hand before releasing him outside. Now I know what they look like.
[–] bonglebear 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Oh yeah, the males you don't have to worry about; IIRC it's the females that have the nasty bite, and even then they will have to feel threatened to do anything. The male widows are pretty chilled out.
[–] Bkow [S] ago
Oooo really! That's awesome.