Steatoda (false button spiders) Life
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Colour ranges from brown to black with a white to yellow
crescent marking on the anteriodorsal (front top) side of the abdomen. These
spiders are harmless to man and occur under stones and bark or hollows in walls
and are sometimes found in the home. Certain colour forms can be mistaken for
true button spiders.
Text by Norman Larsen
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