where might i find info on spiders of the southern california deserts with pictures at?

Question

the spider in question looks quite alot like a black widow with out the red hourglass spot on the belly. It is totally all a shiny black color it has 4long legs on either side of the body, with what looks like 2 walrus tusks on the front of the face. It is aprox. 1/2inch in length. I reside in the high desert of Southern California(Yucca Valley) and i found this creature lurking on the wall by my doorbell at the front door. My door faces the east. I found it around 2pmm pst. If this helps with my question.i would like to get info and pictures if possible. It is not a black widow.

Answer 1

Here is site that has desert spiders information, and there is a spider that is a "false" black widow, looks just like a black widow without the hourglass shape on the abdo, and it is found in the So. California area, so this may be your spider.

http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html
http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/inverts/stea-gro.html

Answer 2

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where might i find info on spiders of the southern california deserts with pictures at?
the spider in question looks quite alot like a black widow with out the red hourglass spot on the belly. It is totally all a shiny black color it has 4long legs on either side of the body, with what looks like 2 walrus tusks on the front of the face. It is aprox. 1/2inch in length. I reside in the...

Answer 3

The only venemous spiders that affect people we get here in California is Black Widows. Some have claimed to see Brown Recluse spiders as well. If it does not have a red hourglass shape on it's abdomen or a little violin shape on it's front then it is not venomous and will not harm you. Even venomous spiders don't attack...they usually only bite when threatened or squeezed.

Answer 4

Hi. Maybe you could start here : http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7442.html

Answer 5

wikipedia.org