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What kind of spider is this?

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Cocoalover · 10/08/2025 17:11

I rarely find spiders in my home so i was very surprised to find this little guy running along my childs bedroom floor! Then I found another in the corner of the wall! They are different looking than any spiders I've seen, so i googled it. silly me, shouldn't have done that. Now im worried ive got an infestation of false widows. Anyone think its a false widow or something that just looks like one?

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Cocoalover · 10/08/2025 17:12

Oops forgot to add a picture

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Coffeeishot · 10/08/2025 17:12

Photo is probably waiting to be approved

Coffeeishot · 10/08/2025 17:14

I think its just a house spider

ninjahamster · 10/08/2025 17:32

It’s quite hard to see but I think it might be a false widow. I wouldn’t panic though, we get them quite a lot and ignore each other! My husband did get bitten by one several years ago though and it was quite nasty.

Mrsplants · 10/08/2025 17:33

False widow

Mrsplants · 10/08/2025 17:35

They don’t like being bothered or bothering humans so chances are it’s just got lost and made a wrong turn to end up in your house.

squashyhat · 10/08/2025 17:39

You forgot to add a trigger warning OP. There will be hysterics, mark my words.

Mousehi · 10/08/2025 17:40

False widow. You can tell because it looks like a scull on their backs.

Sugarfish · 10/08/2025 17:44

Yeah false widow. We get them in our house sometimes and were worried because we’d seen the reports of people having really bad reactions from bites. Turns out it’s very rare to react badly though, so don’t worry.

Coffeeishot · 10/08/2025 17:45

Oh I stand corrected 😀

Dangermoo · 10/08/2025 17:50

A vile one - like all of the buggers! Sick of finding the big ones in my sink.

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