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Steatoda sp. - "wasteland pumpkins"Andrew and I did a bit of night hunting in the "wastelands" of Rancho Cucamonga last weekend. Slim pickings that evening ...though plant life is still fairly green, the place is dry as a bone.
There are a few things I hope to run into when I visit that hunting ground. One being the only Theridiid besides Latrodectus hesperus (and maybe some tiny Theridion(s) ) that Ive seen within the specific area we call the "wastelands". Its the wastelands very beautiful Steatoda grossa replacement. 
Ill have to browse thru last years posts regarding this specie ...there may have been an ID attempt/declaration or 2, but as of now, this beauty has not been IDd proper.
Ended up snatching 7 adult (or close to adult) females. I am housing them in the small sized plastic boxes ..like so..
2 or 3 looked gravid ...one produced a sac while in the collection cup...
Great to see her concerned/dealing with her sac after I added it to her new enclosure...
Note: BTW Andrew, the one that we collected with the big sac full of hatching slings ... I figured the sac was all wrong. She was just hanging out with someone elses hatching slings. The slings look to be some sort of crab/huntsman(ish) specie. Maybe more on this subject later.
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Fairly off topic but any idea what color pattern these guys have as slings? I was down in San Clemente and I found some pretty cool Steatoda sp. and the slings have a neon yellow pattern(I didnt collect any slings, but did get 3 adult/almost adult females).
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Steven
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| What wrote: | | Fairly off topic but any idea what color pattern these guys have as slings? I was down in San Clemente and I found some pretty cool Steatoda sp. and the slings have a neon yellow pattern(I didnt collect any slings, but did get 3 adult/almost adult females). |
Not off topic at all.  But, the sacs from the fems I had before never hatched. They seemed to dry out ...or maybe they were duds anyway.
Im going to try to keep these a little more humid ...but not much more.
So... never seen a sling (that I know of). Hope to this time round.
Pulk.. nice. Have u collected any?
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Pulk
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no, I left that one there. do you want me to collect more if found?
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Steven
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| Pulk wrote: | | no, I left that one there. do you want me to collect more if found? |
Would be great to have some from another area. If you ever run across a male ...document it ...Id love to see what he looks like.
I got another from vegas area that looks like it COULD be the same flavor. I need to take some macros of her and take a closer look.
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Steven
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Pulk.. see above post.
This is the one I collected from Vegas area. Looks to be the same flavor as the wastelands gals. Last i checked this ones still alive and well, though no sacs.
2 or 3 more of the wasteland girls produced sacs. Ok... now if they would just hatch! 
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