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Steatoda
(False Widows)

Picture ID 64185

Picture of Steatoda (False Widows) - Dorsal

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Hi, can you confirm what spider this is please?

  • Submitted by: 
    Kate08
  • Submitted: Jun 5, 2019
  • Photographed: Jun 5, 2019
  • Spider: Steatoda (False Widows)
  • Location: Wicklow, Ireland
  • Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes: Dorsal
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CalumEwing

It is a False Widow Spider, one of the Steatoda species in the family Theridiidae.

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Kate08

Thank you Calum! He or she died, so I’m guessing it came out of hiding to die? It was leaking liquid out of the holes on its back?

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