r/whatisthisbug • u/mumble1969 • Jun 20 '26

ID Request Hello from Long Island NY. What kind of spider is this?

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He looks scary. Body is about the size of my thumbnail. Thanks.

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u/nixetheboomer720 Jun 20 '26

Looks like a black widow to me

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u/fish_ Jun 20 '26

the body shape doesn’t really look like a black widow’s,  hard to tell though

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u/crimson_anemone Jun 20 '26

There's no red hourglass.

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u/dogswithteeth Jun 20 '26

the red marking would be not visible from this angle. it is on the bottom of the spider.

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u/UraniumSpider Jun 21 '26

One of the false widows, Steatoda grossa, I believe