Steatoda
(False Widows)

Picture ID 53873

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No idea what type of spider this is, any help would be appreciated.

Submitted by:
richard-armstrong
Submitted: Mar 2, 2019
Photographed: Mar 2, 2019
Spider: Steatoda (False Widows)
Location: Blackwood, United Kingdom
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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richard.armstrong

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March 2, 2019 11:36 am

Found this while changing skirting boards. Big horde of dead insects also on the skirting.

ItsyBitsy

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March 2, 2019 12:42 pm

Hi, this is one of the False Widows (Steatoda sp.). I usually separate them into species by the abdominal pattern on the back, since this one is all black I’m not positive which exact one it is. S. grossa is the one most likely to be all black though … might be seeing traces of S. nobilis pattern…