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| Newly hatched spiderlings on the lampshade. |
The whole lampshade was covered in these miniature crawling specks. So cute!
But I moved the lamp away. And spent a good part of the night sleeping in a chair.
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| Setting out to explore the world. |
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| Hairy legs. And so young! |
The next day, a cellar spider moved in. It was so small, so almost transparent, that I could only see it when the light hit it on a certain angle. Predation begins early.
Today, all the spiderlings are gone, moved on to their new hunting grounds, apparently not near my pillow. (I hope!) Only the cellar spiderling remains.
I'm sending their photos in to BugGuide. I don't really expect much of an id, but the abdomen pattern looks interesting.
*Update: BugGuide identifies them as Steatoda grossa.
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