Steatoda grossa
(False Black Widow)

Picture ID 51174

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I think this is a false black widow spider.

Submitted by:
pgflood
Submitted: Jan 4, 2019
Photographed: Jan 4, 2019
Spider: Steatoda grossa (False Black Widow)
Location: Hayward’s Heath, United Kingdom
Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes: Dorsal

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Pgflood

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January 4, 2019 12:53 pm

I think this is a false black widow spider it was on a tool table in my shed in England, United Kingdom in January. I didn’t know we had them here but I looked it up on the web and it looks like it is. Can anyone confirm??

CalumEwing

January 4, 2019 1:09 pm

Yes, that looks like the False Widow Spider, Steatoda bipunctata, one of the Cob Web Weavers in the family Theridiidae.

LGD

January 6, 2019 2:44 pm

It is Steatda grossa, one of the ‘false widows’in the Steatoda genus found in homes all over the world… they are harmless despite all the nonsense spread by the clueless tabloid media.