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Is this a false widow spider? (TW: spider pic!)

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ShirleyPhallus · 09/09/2022 11:36

Found this little guy / lady hanging around, have disposed of it outside but wondering if it’s a false widow? If so how likely is it to have left some eggs somewhere to hatch and produce hundreds of tiny spider babies?

(ps, no “oooh burn the house down!” jokes pls, spiders aren’t scary and are nice for our ecosystem and we are all proper grown ups here aren’t we)

Is this a false widow spider? (TW: spider pic!)
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ShirleyPhallus · 09/09/2022 12:43

Anyone?! 🕷

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Caramelsmadfuzzytail · 09/09/2022 13:20

Nope.
I currently have 4 false widows in my kitchen and they look nothing like that.

VanillaIce1 · 09/09/2022 13:22

That's a make the females have skull like marks on their backs. My dad keeps them in his conservatory and he doesn't get a single fly or bee in his house.

Daftasabroom · 09/09/2022 13:27

Possibly, very small or young if so. They normally have bigger abdomens and skinnier leg,

Is this a false widow spider? (TW: spider pic!)
Knittynanna · 09/09/2022 13:39

Was it very fast? Looks like a giant house spider (which despite the name aren't always that big!)

Knittynanna · 09/09/2022 13:39

I very much doubt it's a false widow, my house has a resistant infestation unfortunately so I have become very used to those!

ShirleyPhallus · 09/09/2022 13:58

I thought it looked like the second one down, left hand side (wiki entry)

Is this a false widow spider? (TW: spider pic!)
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VanillaIce1 · 09/09/2022 14:05

It is one. You can see from the reddish tinge to the legs

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