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Taken at 130am on the ceiling in the cupboard under the stairs which is constantly used as in the kitchen,when turned on light bulb no shade 30cm from spider , it didn’t flinch , it had web around it .I think it is European Garden Spider or Cross Orb-Weaver which I just read they dont go inside !
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- Submitted: Sep 20, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 21, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Pitsea Basildon essex, United Kingdom
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Yes, that’s the Garden Cross Orb Weaver, Araneus diadematus, family Araneidae.
Last night i visited my parents place in Basildon Essex about 2am to find a rather large false widow 2 inches from my fingertips when opening the door,so I turned on my phone light to find dozens around door frame and over head wooden arch ,some small some very large .I found a bug spray in his cupboard , and sprayed around edges and joints ,to find loads just dropping to floor,way to many for my liking. Also I have read tonight that 9 or 11 schools around the Hainaut area have shut for days due to false widow masses.… Read more »
Sorry wrote on wrong page , bit of a techniphobe