Comments & ID Thoughts
Found in my garage - no web, that’s about a 7mm screw head which helps with size
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- Submitted: May 11, 2018
- Photographed: May 10, 2018
- Spider: Steatoda capensis (False Katipo Spider)
- Sex:Male,
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
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
Thanks, I think you’re spot on!
It had the whole workplace scratching our heads!