Spider ID

[ValleyBoy]

There I was, quietly minding my own business rummaging through my wood store when suddenly, from the shadows, this rather fierce looking specimen appeared. I obviously didn’t flinch at all, and did what any chap would do in such a situation. I called for my wife to come and remove it to safety.

I am familiar with the more common British spiders but I hadn’t seen anything like this before. So are there any arachnologists (is that even a word?) on here able to tell me what model it is? We looked it up and think it may be a False Widow. It’s about an inch in diameter I would estimate.

Cheers
Ash

 

[waterbuffalo]

There I was, quietly minding my own business rummaging through my wood store when suddenly, from the shadows, this rather fierce looking specimen appeared. I obviously didn’t flinch at all, and did what any chap would do in such a situation. I called for my wife to come and remove it to safety.

I am familiar with the more common British spiders but I hadn’t seen anything like this before. So are there any arachnologists (is that even a word?) on here able to tell me what model it is? We looked it up and think it may be a False Widow. It’s about an inch in diameter I would estimate.

Cheers
Ash

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Doesn't the false widow have a red triangle on its back.. Summat, like that anyway.. I reckon that's just a boring old spider

 

[alan morrison]

I saw something like that one on The Lord of the Rings.

 

[ValleyBoy]

A reliable source (bloke in the pub) reckons it is a female Noble False Widow, so called because they look a lot like the venomous Black Widow spiders you see down under.

It’s not poisonous but can give a bite with symptoms similar to a wasp sting.

Apparently they are not indigenous but came in with fruit imported from the Canary Islands.

Bananas.

Cheers
Ash

 

[flexi]

If only you was a little closer, I could pop over with my 10 bore, that would remove the issue

 

[ValleyBoy]

If only you was a little closer, I could pop over with my 10 bore, that would remove the issue

I appreciate it but, to misquote a famous line, you’re gonna need a bigger gun.

 

[flexi]

Stowaway African huntsman spider found in Edinburgh suitcase

The Scottish SPCA has quarantined the 10cm spider that was discovered at a home in Edinburgh.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Curly]

His name is Bob.

Pete

 

[Phil Dart]

Falsifying the death of a spider's husband is a crime. She probably did it to get his pension

 

[howsitwork?]

Nice specimen! I have a couple in my workshop that I feed the damn blue bottles to ! Prefer them to the little sods that get in the smoke alarm and trigger the bl##dy thing !

Use a ping- pong bat to stun the flies then lob then onto the web .

 

[Hallelujahal]

Hey Ash it’s a Cupboard Spider… kinda false widow. But that’s doesn’t mean it’s ok to handle as it can still be pretty toxic!
Alex

 

[Gadget-UK]

This is a Female Noble False Widow

What you have is the "False Widow" Spider

It's a native to the UK, belonging to the genus Steatoda.

“These are common throughout the UK and often found in or near buildings where they produce a loose tangled web.
“Their common name of false widow relates to the fact that these spiders look similar to the black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) although this species is not found naturally in the UK.

Whatever you have they make great Fly Eaters

 

[alan morrison]

Now everyone wants one.

 

[flexi]

Now everyone wants one.

Nope not me!!