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identify this spider?

Dmighty · 2015-11-10 11:12:00

Found ths spider on my balcony today it was quite big but I have seen one similar before briefly before it ran up a wall that was huge. anyway at first I thought it was a false widow as there are a few around here sometimes in my home, but they are usually brown with a kinda white/cream detailing on their back. This one…

10-11-2015 12:12PM

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Dmighty

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Found ths spider on my balcony today it was quite big but I have seen one similar before briefly before it ran up a wall that was huge.

anyway at first I thought it was a false widow as there are a few around here sometimes in my home, but they are usually brown with a kinda white/cream detailing on their back.

This one was black with no detail on its back and resembled a black widow.

any idea what spider it was?

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#2 10-11-2015 12:41PM

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I reckon its a cupboard spider, relation of the false widow.. they can get quite dark in colour so that might be whats hiding the markings, shouldn't be any more than a cm though if so

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#3 10-11-2015 01:15PM

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Definitely looks like a cupboard spider, however it was bigger than a cm, it was one of the biggest I've seen, bigger than other false widows for sure

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