possibly dangerous spider identification?

Colash

Hi. I wonder could anyone help identify this spider. It's very black. Jet black. Large legs. And with an Orange marking on its back. I've come across 3 of these in the same area. With large egg sacs close by. I've attached a pic,. To me the closet spider that it resembles is a red back spider..

genericguy

Colash wrote: »

Hi. I wonder could anyone help identify this spider. It's very black. Jet black. Large legs. And with an Orange marking on its back. I've come across 3 of these in the same area. With large egg sacs close by. I've attached a pic,. To me the closet spider that it resembles is a red back spider..

Widow? Please burn the house down.

Colash

genericguy wrote: »

Widow? Please burn the house down.

Widows in Ireland? It's not at my house. Thank God. These are nasty looking fellas.

DBB

Moving to Nature and Birdwatching forum.
Please be aware of different forum charter.
Thanks,
DBB

genericguy

Colash wrote: »

Widows in Ireland? It's not at my house. Thank God. These are nasty looking fellas.

Not a expert but it does look like one - what sort of body size? There have been reports of false widows in ireland recently.

It does look eerily similar to the black widow. I cant see the orange marking in the picture very well but if its shaped a bit like an hour glass, leave the country.

smcgiff

Picture isn't great, but is that an orange hourglass I see on its back in the second picture :eek:

Colash

smcgiff wrote: »

Picture isn't great, but is that an orange hourglass I see on its back in the second picture :eek:

I will get better pics at work tonight. It has a bulbus body. Long legs an Orange markings on its back. There's a group of 3 in a 'l area. each of the 3 have large egg sacs attached. They also have a very aggressive stance if that makes sense. It's llegs are longer than a false widow and it's very black apart from its back markings

smcgiff

Colash wrote: »

I will get better pics at work tonight.

Sounds like some famous last words in the making!

Colash

smcgiff wrote: »

Sounds like some famous last words in the making!

I won't b getting too close. Trust me

Eddie B

Does your job entail bringing in goods from abroad, or do ye sell orange paint? :-)

Colash

Eddie B wrote: »

Does your job entail bringing in goods from abroad, or do ye sell orange paint? :-)

Haha no I'm a security guard.

dodderangler

Just kill it.
I havint been taking any chances lately on big spiders. They're all meetin doctor foot or brush

Kenny Logins

Legs look a bit long for a 'widow' IMHO (but what do I know).

When I found some dodgy spiders a few years back Dublin Zoo ID'd them for me from the photos. They were False Widows, and nothing to worry about.

Roquentin

thats a black widow. does kind of look like the one in the op

Roquentin

the ops legs are a bit long though

Colash

This is a pic of a redback. They seem to have longer legs than the widow. An up close this is a good match for my spider. On reading, these red backs are meant to be just as dangerous as a widow

Roquentin

god i love spiders.......

ive seen a lot of house spiders of late, big ones too

Colash

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_menardi

Looks like I've narrowed it down to this chap. It would also explain where I found it. It seems they can differ a bit in colour. But I'd be 99% sure this is him

Mick55

Sorry to butt in, don't want to start a new thread for a similar question. Does anyone know what this little guy is by any chance?

DoYouEvenLift

What's going to happen with the increasing sizes of spiders we've started seeing in Ireland over the last few years? Will they just continue to grow until we're on par with the situation in Australia lol? If I stumbled upon the one in the op I'd honestly be prepared to blast it with a shotgun with zero fuks given about the damage caused

dodderangler

Mick55 wrote: »

Sorry to butt in, don't want to start a new thread for a similar question. Does anyone know what this little guy is by any chance?

Common garden spider. I don't mind them lads. Used to pick them up when I was a kid.

Mick55

dodderangler wrote: »

Common garden spider. I don't mind them lads. Used to pick them up when I was a kid.

Cool, thanks! Looks different to the big hairy fellas that have moved in to the house recently. Hard not to get caught up in the False Widow hysteria!!

dodderangler

Mick55 wrote: »

Cool, thanks! Looks different to the big hairy fellas that have moved in to the house recently. Hard not to get caught up in the False Widow hysteria!!

I know. Anything big and black is getting the foot treatment or slipper treatment

Roquentin

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fanged-cannibal-spiders-bee-sting-bite-4395189

just in case


there was a bannana with spider eggs found in tesco uk recently

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/mother-finds-deadly-spider-eggs-in-tesco-bananas-30577442.html

brazilian wandering spider: highly dangerous

ScumLord

There's something like that in my bathroom. I'm guessing it's just the female version of your typical house spider. The males grow quite big have very long legs the abdomen has like a hooked end.

The female is small and black but there seems to be a queue of males going to this spider and then disappearing in my bathroom. This one just stays in one corner doing feck all.

dodderangler

Usually females are a lot bigger