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- Submitted: Nov 11, 2018
- Photographed: Nov 9, 2018
- Spider: Nuctenea umbratica (Walnut Orb-weaver)
- Location: Bromsgrove, United Kingdom
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Nuctenea umbratica
(Walnut Orb-weaver)
Picture ID 48116
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Nuctenea umbratica
(Walnut Orb-weaver)Family Genus Species - Submitted May 25, 2019
- Photographed May 25, 2019
- Guildford, United Kingdom
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Nuctenea umbratica
(Walnut Orb-weaver)Family Genus Species - Submitted Nov 27, 2019
- Photographed Nov 27, 2019
- Poschiavo , Switzerland
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Nuctenea umbratica
(Walnut Orb-weaver)Family Genus Species - Submitted May 15, 2019
- Photographed May 11, 2019
- Vicenza, Italy
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Nuctenea umbratica
(Walnut Orb-weaver)Family Genus Species - Submitted Nov 1, 2019
- Photographed Oct 31, 2019
- Canterbury, United Kingdom
- 4 Comments
I work in a pet store, two regulars showd me this photo if a spider that they found in their factory, it was in some metal that had came from abroad. Please can anyone identify it, i advised they try to catch it and take it to our local zoo, what do you rekon please?
It could be a southern black widow, check the other side of the body for a red marking. Here the thing to do with it would be to bring it to the State agricultural lab. We get black widows in USA in pesticide-free produce from tropical countries. The media make a big story about it, but it isn’t worth the hype. Someone who runs a produce department in a grocery store said to me, “People don’t want pesticides in their food and this is proof that we’re providing it.” It would probably die from the cold if it were to… Read more »
This is Nuctenia umbratca, common name is a walnut orbweaver, it’s native to the UK and perfectly harmless, common type of orbweaver spider. They are mainly nocturnal, often found on fences in gardens.