Gnaphosidae
(Stealthy Ground Spiders)

Picture ID 10379

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Found inside a bunch of bananas from ALDI in Christchurch, Dorset. They have been in the fridge for almost a week and inside plastic wrapping since i bought them, and yesterday i took them to Sussex and opened them for the first time. I really would like to know ASAP whether this spider is foreign or dangerous as I don’t like keeping it captive as it’s cruel but I cannot risk letting it escape until I know it’s safe to do so.

Submitted by:
dystopia
Submitted: Apr 23, 2018
Photographed: Apr 22, 2018
Spider: Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spiders)
Location: Graffham, west sussex, United Kingdom
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Lateral

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BugmanDan

April 23, 2018 5:25 pm

Hi, and welcome to the site. Your spider is one of the ground spiders, Gnaphosidae family which you do have locally. They are not dangerous but a bite may sting a bit for the venom.
Banana shipments rarely come packaged, this would be a local sort to your produce supplier that packages these.(perhaps your store.)
http://britishspiders.org.uk/wiki2015/index.php?title=Category:Gnaphosidae