Unidentified

Picture ID 136901

Picture of unidentified spider
  • Submitted by: 
    titan_centauri
  • Submitted: May 2, 2021
  • Photographed: May 1, 2021
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Limerick, Ireland
  • Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes:
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room_of_arachnids

HOLY HELL THATS ONE FAT SPIDER *ahem* sorry.

in all seriousness, this might be a pregnant black widow or a false widow, either way I would get this out of your house before it lays an eggsac.

TangledWeb

Spiders get you really worked up, huh? That’s why all of us are here, spiders fascinate us! This is probably a Rabbit Hutch Spider, Steatoda bipunctata. Steatoda grossa is my second thought. She’s not dangerous to people or pets. You can hold one with bare hands as long as you don’t close your fingers on the spider. The pressure on their bodies hurts them a lot. Pressure on a spider from our skin is the main cause of bites, by far. That applies to all spiders. Some frown on it, but I say it’s okay to experience holding spiders. Don’t… Read more »

KeithONeill

This doesnt have the marking of our known False Widows, we only have 3 recorded here.

TangledWeb

On second thought, I think it is Steatoda grossa. The trick of the markings is scattered tiny white dots to the posterior of the abdomen plus the dimples above them where there are interior muscle attachments.

room_of_arachnids

Maybe yet, the spider is solid gloss black unlike the false widows that have a slightly off black-brown, but now that I look at it more and more I’m starting to lean toward
the false widow

Last edited 2 years ago by room_of_arachnids
KeithONeill

Yea I hear you and your 100% about the ID method. Ive never seen one that black and if I seen it in person Id be sending it to GUI for ID in a lab. Perhaps though it the light. Id say Steatoda grossa more than the other 2 that are known here.

Last edited 2 years ago by KeithONeill