Found this spider roaming around my room the other day.. can someone tell me the species?
Location: Central KY, USA
Also, here's a video of him moving around in a glass candle lid, where you can get a really good look.
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Sign up to join this communityFound this spider roaming around my room the other day.. can someone tell me the species?
Location: Central KY, USA
Also, here's a video of him moving around in a glass candle lid, where you can get a really good look.
As far as I know you've found a male steatoda triangulosa or triangulate cobweb (weaver) spider
More info: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulate_cobweb_spider http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/triangulatespider.shtml