Hello, my wife knocked a black spider off of her and I can't find any mention online of any other spiders that are black and native to NJ.
The spider is in our house. It was in a box filled with stuff that I had minutes earlier taken out of the garage.
I saw it run away. She only saw the top of it and the red hourglass as you know is on its underbelly.
It isn't jet black and it isn't shiny, I don't think.
Thank you.