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Spider identification

munster87 · 2022-08-17 16:42:09

Hi, any idea what spider this is? Thanks

17-08-2022 5:42pm

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munster87

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Hi, any idea what spider this is?
Thanks

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magicbastarder

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possibly a false widow, hard to tell from that photo - there are a couple of species in the steatoda family - steatoda nobilis is the 'foreign' false widow which has been spreading rapidly here, but is superficially similar to steatoda grossa, which IIRC is native.

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