If known, describe how adventive species came to be in this location

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Observations specifying this field

Observation Accidental adventive

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What

Tailed Cellar Spider (Crossopriza lyoni)

Observer

kallummcdonald

Date

March 2024
shipment

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What

Brown Widow (Latrodectus geometricus)

Observer

knochenkatze

Date

April 2, 2023 09:25 PM EDT
Spider and egg sac were in produce from store

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What

Brown Spitting Spider (Scytodes fusca)

Observer

jef

Date

September 7, 2023 08:57 AM EDT

Description

Found indoors, in building full of tropical plantings

Possibly transported from Florida on plants for the zoo

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What

Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis)

Observer

lilithsembrace

Date

September 30, 2019

Place

Orem (Google, OSM)
Likely stowaway in produce from California

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What

Brown Widow (Latrodectus geometricus)

Observer

gavin_borden

Date

September 8, 2021 11:33 AM MDT
Observer had driven from California

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What

Golden Silk Spider (Trichonephila clavipes)

Observer

trace63b

Date

September 19, 2021 11:29 AM EDT
May have come on truck from Texas

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What

Cobweb Spiders (Family Theridiidae)

Observer

bombus-snuggler

Date

June 12, 2023 02:08 PM MDT
Found near plant science research greenhouses - likely hitchhiker on plants or planting material

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What

Hawaiian Garden Spider (Argiope appensa)

Observer

marianwhit

Date

January 1, 2000 05:34 PM EST
Hitched a ride during travels

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What

Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata)

Observer

amieie

Date

February 19, 2023 02:23 PM EST
by car

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What

Feather-legged Spiders (Genus Uloborus)

Date

May 11, 2023 06:50 PM PDT

Description

i believe this is a feather legged spider, i do not know the exact species. I am aware these are nonnative to the okanagan,, however they seem to be common at my workplace, a plant nursery. They must be coming in on shipments of plants

plant nursery shipment

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What

Pantropical Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria)

Observer

ryan1317

Date

September 19, 2022 10:40 AM EDT
Part of a tropical plant/nature exhibit

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What

Spearmint (Mentha spicata)

Observer

kenkneidel

Date

July 12, 2022 10:52 AM EDT
outside a community garden

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What

Entelegyne Spiders (Infraorder Entelegynae)

Observer

markaleb

Date

October 21, 2021 10:02 AM PDT

Description

Found in with a bag of crickets I'd bought from one of the local pet shops. Not sure if it snuck in with the crickets at the pet shop, or if it was shipped with the crickets from the supplier.

Cricket Shipment

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What

Gray Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus)

Observer

naomicappuccino1

Date

January 3, 2022 12:01 PM UTC

Description

came in with the groceries

was in groceries

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What

Joro Spider (Trichonephila clavata)

Observer

aok3000

Date

November 26, 2021 11:24 AM UTC
drove to OK from Athens, GA

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What

Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis)

Observer

edshau

Date

June 18, 2017 08:16 PM EDT
Unknown; observer was in California several months prior.

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What

False Widow Spiders (Genus Steatoda)

Observer

vpilot
unknown

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What

Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis)

Observer

alexhettena

Date

January 25, 2021 08:00 PM UTC

Description

In my apt on my ceiling

Observer had driven from CA to TX earlier in the month

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What

Pantropical Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria)

Observer

dakota_brown

Date

January 27, 2016 11:22 AM PST
It was found in a shipment of mangos

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What

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Observer

victor_85

Date

March 6, 2022 09:42 AM CET

Tags

Came probably from a boat

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What

Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis)

Observer

jayispainting

Date

January 2022

Description

Found alive in some cauliflower which has been in the fridge for weeks.

transported in cauliflower from California
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