Steatoda paykulliana

Picture ID 62012

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I found this spider living in a small hole in my workplace.
It's no bigger than 3 to 4 cm.
More pictures are difficult to get because the spider rarely comes out of it's hole but I will try to get more if requested.

Submitted by:
dovahbrownies
Submitted: May 24, 2019
Photographed: May 22, 2019
Spider: Steatoda paykulliana
Location: Kesserwan, Lebanon
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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May 24, 2019 9:49 am

Hi, see above image for ID. 🙂 (False Widow)

DovahBrownies

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

May 24, 2019 10:05 am

Awesome. Thanks a bunch! Was an interesting discovery. Contemplating whether or not to remove it, as it seems that it could be poisonous.

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to DovahBrownies

May 24, 2019 10:24 am

Judgement call. Professional office environment or a store I’d remove it, warehouse or other informal environment I wouldn’t think anything of it. The females tend to keep to themselves in their webs and are only likely to bite in self defense.