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What type of spider is this ?

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  • 01-12-2019 8:14pm
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    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭


    Just found this on my attic while looking for the Christmas decorations
    Haven't seen one like it before.

    In the shots with the black bin bag, it looks reddish but in reality it doesn't look that red - I had the flash on and it came up looking red...

    Mod: Your name was visible on that link, so I've removed the URL and I've pasted some of the individual URLs instead.

    IMG-20191201-190101.jpg

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    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    Oh ! Thanks for that @Mod


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    RebelButtMunch
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    Never saw one like that. But I can still see the photo owner name


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    catrat12
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    Very unusual spider all right
    Reckon could be some breed of false widow though but the distinctive red is off putting


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    deadl0ck
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    The red is not really visible under normal lighting - looks mostly shiny black - the red was under the flash


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    catrat12
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    Then I’d say a false widow but could be wrong


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    False widow to me, but really needs a better shot.


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    Professor Moriarty
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    If it's a False Widow, be careful when handling it - they can have a nasty bite.


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    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    Here's a better shot (click the pic for even larger):

    IMG-20191201-204852.jpg

    What should I do with it ?


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    Professor Moriarty
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    That's a False Widow spider. I'd kill it lest it lays eggs. Or you could trap it and release it outside.


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    Dtp1979
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    Professor Moriarty wrote: »
    That's a False Widow spider. I'd kill it lest it lays eggs. Or you could trap it and release it outside.

    .........20 miles down the road


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    khalessi
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    Have these always been resident in Ireland or just last few years? Just wondering why theyre so prevelant now


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    khalessi wrote: »
    Have these always been resident in Ireland or just last few years? Just wondering why theyre so prevelant now

    Arrived in the 90s and starting to become more widespread.


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    bizidea
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    Had a friend bitten by one ended up in hospital for 3 days nasty little fekrs


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    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
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    You'll have to burn your house down and move to a different county, sorry OP.


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    mondeo
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    I would get the house checked for more of them, I wouldn't fancy that thing in my house anywhere. If there is one, there is probably more.


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    cd07
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    It's a false widow. We have lots of them around the house and shed and have never had any problem with them. My only concern about them is the damage they are doing to out native spiders. I've often seen remnants house spiders under their webs


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    magicbastarder
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    bizidea wrote: »
    Had a friend bitten by one ended up in hospital for 3 days nasty little fekrs
    that is an extremely bad - and very unusual - reaction. might they have already been ill? usually it's described as akin to a bee or wasp sting.


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    Hellrazer
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    that is an extremely bad - and very unusual - reaction. might they have already been ill? usually it's described as akin to a bee or wasp sting.

    I ended up having 2 courses of antibiotics and 2 courses of steroids after a bite from one of these.
    I have two scars on my leg where the venom left a hole the size of a euro coin and then traveled up the blood vessel.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    that is an extremely bad - and very unusual - reaction. might they have already been ill? usually it's described as akin to a bee or wasp sting.

    For some it's described as a bad bee sting but for many it can cause severe reactions. They are not to be ignored and best removed.


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    bizidea
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    that is an extremely bad - and very unusual - reaction. might they have already been ill? usually it's described as akin to a bee or wasp sting.

    He had a bad reaction to the bite ended up on antibiotics as they were worried about septacaemia he was fairly ill.perfectly healthy before the bite in his mid 20s if it was an old person who had the reaction I'd say they might not be here


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    LandoCalrissian
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    Sorry to jump in OP but just found this little bugger in the kids play area
    (2x 1yr and 2.5 yr old so a little concerned)

    Is this a false widow


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    Hellrazer
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    LandoCalrissian wrote: »
    Sorry to jump in OP but just found this little bugger in the kids play area
    (2x 1yr and 2.5 yr old so a little concerned)

    Is this a false widow

    Looks like one alright.


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    LandoCalrissian
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    Hellrazer wrote: »
    Looks like one alright.

    Oh great - now I’m wondering do I torch the Christmas tree that went up last night right beside it


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    listermint
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    We have them all over the eves, They only tend to stay just outside the attic in the eves space. Never come into the attic space and never once in the house.

    No idea why, perhaps they like the space there, ample food or not too warm but they stay there. I must have killed about 30 of them when i had to change the Fascia boards and soffits last year. They needed to go during the works.

    But them came back again. Never had any trouble from them. But would share the concern on native species being pushed out. Our house would be rural near forests and farmlands.


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    SmartinMartin
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    listermint wrote: »
    We have them all over the eves, They only tend to stay just outside the attic in the eves space. Never come into the attic space and never once in the house.

    No idea why, perhaps they like the space there, ample food or not too warm
    Watching. Waiting. Planning. Rustle rustle.


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    fryup
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    while we're at it whats this....

    spider.jpg

    found several of them under the old decking back in sept


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    Hellrazer
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    fryup wrote: »
    while we're at it whats this....

    spider.jpg

    found several of them under the old decking back in sept


    That's how I was bitten. I was resurfacing my decking. When I pulled up the old one there was loads of them.


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    Ulmus
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    It's not a false widow. It's a Giant house spider. False widow spider has, relative to its head, a large bulbous abdomen.


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