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What kind of spider?

  • 15-06-2017 11:49AM
    #1
    The_Valeyard
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    How's, we across this lady when cleaning out the garage.

    Any ideas what kind of spider it is?


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  • #2
    seagull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭seagull


    False black widow?

    What size is it? There's nothing in your pictures to give scale.


  • #3
    The_Valeyard
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    seagull wrote: »
    False black widow?

    What size is it? There's nothing in your pictures to give scale.

    About the size of a 50 cent coin. Maybe slightly smaller.


  • #4
    seagull
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    Sounds about the right size for a false widow.


  • #5
    nuckeythompson
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    False widow for sure, where in the country you find it?


  • #6
    The_Valeyard
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    nuckeythompson wrote: »
    False widow for sure, where in the country you find it?

    my garage, inside a chest of drawers. Dublin 15.


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  • #7
    seagull
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    Don't believe all the media hype about how it's going to sneak in and kill you in the night.


  • #8
    loyatemu
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steatoda_nobilis

    very common now - whilst they can bite it seems they rarely do (despite various tabloid scare stories).

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  • #9
    The_Valeyard
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    seagull wrote: »
    Don't believe all the media hype about how it's going to sneak in and kill you in the night.

    I hear they carry knives.


  • #10
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    I just left it out in the back garden. It was more afraid of me than I was of it.


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