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Help identifying this spider

  • 29-08-2017 11:25PM
    #1
    mickwat155
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    Pic attached


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  • #2
    rpmcmurphy
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    mickwat155 wrote: »
    Pic attached
    common house spider


  • #3
    Rikand
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    Was it a big'un ? Could have been the Giant House Spider. Fastest spider in the world. So awesome we have that record breaker in ireland :)


  • #4
    mickwat155
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭mickwat155


    Rikand wrote: »
    Was it a big'un ? Could have been the Giant House Spider. Fastest spider in the world. So awesome we have that record breaker in ireland :)

    Not in my house thankfully.. its from a friends house in london.


  • #5
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Rikand wrote: »
    Was it a big'un ? Could have been the Giant House Spider. Fastest spider in the world. So awesome we have that record breaker in ireland :)

    Camel Spiders (or Sun Spiders) are the fastest spiders in the world. The Giant House Spider hardly get to half it's speed.


  • #6
    beauf
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    I was curious so looked it up. While the Camel Spider might have the record its not considered a true spider.


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  • #7
    Keplar240B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭Keplar240B


    ///////////new one


    Found this in shed , black smallish, really big bubble "back", triangles on back,
    plays dead i think.

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  • #8
    endacl
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    Spidermanius radioactivus

    Back.

    Away.

    Slowly.


  • #9
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    I think it's a False Widow Spider.


  • #10
    Keplar240B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭Keplar240B


    Lyra Salmon Steel wrote: »
    I think it's a False Widow Spider.


    Thanks having done some research.
    It appears there are many different types of false widow


    the three most common are



    • the rabbit hutch spider (Steatoda bipunctata)
    • the cupboard spider (Steatoda grossa)
    • the noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis)



    This is female Steatoda grossa.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steatoda_grossa


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