False Widow?

iwillhtfu · 30-03-2016 5:43pm #1

Just curious and ye might know.

Is this a false widow spider?

endacl · 30-03-2016 5:45pm

House spider.

Keane2baMused · 30-03-2016 5:46pm

I had a false widow in my kitchen last year.

It had 'skull' markings on its back.

Maybe it's a variation of a falsie but my understanding is they generally have white skull markings.

iwillhtfu · 30-03-2016 5:49pm

endacl wrote: »

House spider.

I don't think so.

endacl · 30-03-2016 5:49pm

Keane2baMused wrote: »

I had a false widow in my kitchen last year.

It had 'skull' markings on its back.

Maybe it's a variation of a falsie but my understanding is they generally have white skull markings.

Plus a Facebook panic. No Facebook panic = no false widow.

iwillhtfu · 30-03-2016 5:51pm

Keane2baMused wrote: »

I had a false widow in my kitchen last year.

It had 'skull' markings on its back.

Maybe it's a variation of a falsie but my understanding is they generally have white skull markings.

It did have markings on its back but they weren't white kind of a light brown. I can't say it looked like a skull but definitely a pattern of some description.

It was about the size of a 50c coin possibly a little bigger and it's body was hard like a shell

Keane2baMused · 30-03-2016 5:52pm

endacl wrote: »

Plus a Facebook panic. No Facebook panic = no false widow.

Exactly.

Mine came down from underneath the extractor fan as I was cooking dinner.

Invoked some serious facebook panic.

#omg #hatespiders #fml

iwillhtfu · 30-03-2016 5:53pm

endacl wrote: »

Plus a Facebook panic. No Facebook panic = no false widow.

No need for panic I've showered with red back spiders over my head. Not a fan of spiders but know enough they're not out to attack random odd balls

endacl · 30-03-2016 5:56pm

iwillhtfu wrote: »

It did have markings on its back but they weren't white kind of a light brown. I can't say it looked like a skull but definitely a pattern of some description.

It was about the size of a 50c coin possibly a little bigger and it's body was hard like a shell

Zygiella x-notata

iwillhtfu · 30-03-2016 5:58pm

Google. Seems to be a few different looking versions.

Not to worry just curious.

iwillhtfu · 30-03-2016 5:59pm

endacl wrote: »

Zygiella x-notata

Possibly.

No Web of sorts though just a thin wispy layer between 2 tiles. Seemed odd.

glued · 30-03-2016 6:02pm

Without seeing the abdomen fully it's nearly impossible to describe the above as a false widow but it looks like one. The size, colour of legs and thorax and the body all would point to a false widow.

iwillhtfu · 30-03-2016 9:08pm

glued wrote: »

Without seeing the abdomen fully it's nearly impossible to describe the above as a false widow but it looks like one. The size, colour of legs and thorax and the body all would point to a false widow.

This is the best I could do.

False Widow?

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