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title: "White-spotted False Widow"
description: "Steatoda albomaculata — Insetti e ragni. Steatoda albomaculata or white-spotted false widow spider is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-spotted-false-widow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-spotted False Widow

> Steatoda albomaculata — Insetti e ragni. Steatoda albomaculata or white-spotted false widow spider is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae.

- Scientific name: *Steatoda albomaculata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 974
- Wikidata: [Q1313527](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1313527)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153752](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153752)

## Names

- en: White-spotted False Widow
- de: Weißfleckige Fettspinne
- es: Falsa viuda negra  manchada
- fr: Stéatode à macules blanches
- nl: Gevlekte steatoda

## Countries with the most observations

US (91), CA (56), RU (49), RO (42), IT (34), KZ (33), PL (32), UA (27), HU (24), TR (24), DE (22), DK (19)

## Summary

Steatoda albomaculata or white-spotted false widow spider is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in North America, Europe and Russia, North Africa, Israel, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steatoda_albomaculata

## Photo

![White-spotted False Widow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-spotted-false-widow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Biguzzi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191615380

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-spotted-false-widow?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).