Steatoda
(False Widows)

Picture ID 75589

Comments & ID Thoughts

Looking to identify this one. Initial thoughts are false widow. Currently lives in a crack in an external wall in the south of England. Nocturnal but doesn't sit at entrance. When it does appear more of its body is out than that of the other tube web spiders I have in my garden. Its nippy too- there one minute and gone the next.

Submitted by:
laun25
Submitted: Aug 3, 2019
Photographed: Aug 4, 2019
Spider: Steatoda (False Widows)
Location: Southampton , United Kingdom
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes:

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Laun25

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August 3, 2019 7:20 pm

Would love people’s thoughts on this

ItsyBitsy

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August 3, 2019 7:21 pm

Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis) if I’m seeing it right, not certain with this level of detail.

Laun25

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August 3, 2019 7:28 pm

Itsybitsy- I’ve done a fair bit of research on this, while false widow was my initial thoughts I was a bit thrown by the web being more of a funnel than the scaffold. Also quite hard to find information on this particular spiders behaviour. Is what I’ve described typical?