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poisonous Spider?Common Spider? Help 10 points?
Just walking into to my front room and i see a spider on the out side of one of my viv's so i look closer and it does not look like any garden spider(UK) i have ever seen before,the leg's are very skinny Brown/black color,avg size in length,and it has a fairly big Abdomen,on the bottom of the abdomen it is has a grey silk look to it and you can see the inside,looks like this http://tinyurl.com/cxkpokq type of pattern, and at the top of the abdomen there is a little brown marking and then on the front of the abdomen it is a brown,silk color with a marble pattern,anyone no what it could be,cant get a photo :(/It is not a BW/FW,or anything like that.Thanks?
Oh right,yeh i put the Mofo into a tub,just went round clearing all my reptiles viv's outs,just as procaution,do you have a link? Thanks
3 Answers
- daniel gLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
From your description, this sounds like a cobweb spider now established in the UK.
They can be considered house spiders for all practical purposes, and are harmless.
This is likely the Steatoda nobilis, or 'false widow'. These are regarded as the most venomous spider in the UK, but they are not considered dangerous.
Source(s): Been around spiders 50 years. - ritnerLv 45 years ago
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- 8 years ago
There is, apparently, a new type of spider being spotted in the UK that's reported to be poisonous. Not saying that 'your' one is as without a picture to look at there's no way of knowing. Either kill it or catch it in something and get rid of it. Might be worth looking for info on this 'new' spider to see if it matches the one you have found.
