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Steatoda capensis
(False Katipo Spider)

Picture ID 12699

Picture of Steatoda capensis (False Katipo Spider) - Male - Dorsal

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Found in my garage - no web, that’s about a 7mm screw head which helps with size

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ItsyBitsy

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 Tentatively this looks like a male False Katipo Spider, Steatoda capensis.
https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steatoda_capensis
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/101454

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LankyHots

Thanks, I think you’re spot on!
It had the whole workplace scratching our heads!

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