Comments & ID Thoughts
Found this as I was getting stuff out of an outdoor plastic storage box where I work. Felt like it jumped off the mop i was getting out and struck me how deep black it was. No marking as I far as I could tell just shiny very black with indents. I have a video too and more pics.
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- Submitted: Jul 29, 2021
- Photographed: Jul 28, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
This is most likely Steatoda grossa :
https://spiderid.com/picture/8373/
More picture would be welcome, anyway 🙂
Thanks! Can I add more photos to this spider, if u see what I mean? Or do I just submit more via normal way?
Yes shape and size looks good but it was very black compared to a lot of the pictures, no brown tint or iridescence at all
Sometimes S.grossa comes without any visible marking, which makes it hard to tell it from other black spiders belonging to the same family.
That’s why I’d like to see your spider with its legs stretched, if possible.
You can’t attach more photos to this post, but it’s perfectly fine to submit them separately.