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Spider ID please?

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  • 28-04-2020 2:32pm
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    Scotty #
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    spider-id.jpg

    At first I thought it was just another house spider but on closer inspection I thought not.


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    magicbastarder
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    i would guess a false widow.


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    Scotty #
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    Hmm I had though not because of the abdomen not having a distinctive pattern on it. Mind you, you could look at 50 different images of false widows and think they were 50 different species.


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    Car99
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    Rabbit hutch spider is my guess which is a false widow species


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    Borrowed time
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    Scotty # wrote: »
    Hmm I had though not because of the abdomen not having a distinctive pattern on it. Mind you, you could look at 50 different images of false widows and think they were 50 different species.

    Got a bite in the garden last week.Disinfected it immediately.Didnt know what the bite was from but eventually found a spider just like that in the flower bed where I was.Still sore and a mark on my finger the day after and I reckon if didn't clean it straight away it would have been a lot worse.Gloves from now on.


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    Scotty #
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    Yikes, I had her wandering around my hand for 5 mins before I putter her back down where she was, wandering around my warehouse. If I see her again I'll put her outside.


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    Borrowed time
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    Scotty # wrote: »
    Yikes, I had her wandering around my hand for 5 mins before I putter her back down where she was, wandering around my warehouse. If I see her again I'll put her outside.
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    Apparently they won't nip you but I've even heard off the common garden spider even giving a bite.Not an expert so maybe someone else knows more.All I know is that it was deffo a spider bit me and he rolled himself into a ball afterwards and looked like a plump black currant.


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    Ulmus
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    Could be Black lace-weaver spider. https://www.uksafari.com/black_lace_weavers.htm


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    Scotty #
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    Hmm, looks very like the third picture down on that page.

    The markings on the abdomen are identical. We could have a winner!

    From Wikipedia: Amaurobius ferox is a matriphagous spider, meaning that the young devour the mother after hatching. First she lays a second set of eggs on which the newly hatched spiders feed. Then a few days later she actively encourages her offspring to devour her.


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