Can anyone tell me what type of spider is this pls?

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its a very small black/red spider with a white stripe on its back.

Dp saw it today and couldnt find it on the internet

The only British spider I can find which is dark with a white stripe on it's back (running from head down abdomen) is a wolf spider 'Lycosa lugubris' but unfortunatly I can't find any pictures of it on the web

dp said that it was very similar to a black widow spider!

You didn't find it in a bag of grapes did you !

....no

Could you take a digital photograph and put it on Members' Profiles? That would give us all more to go on.

www.kostich.com/black_widow_spider.htm

They usually have a red hourglass on their underside. Some do have white mark on top.

But as far as I know, there are none in the UK.

The smaller More colorful one ,I assume is the male, which she kills when shes done with him. I never saw a male one b4. I think the females are more prominant and more poisonous.

ladydoom - the weblink is not working...

sorry

www.kostich.com/black_widow_spider.htm

try this one

ughhhhhhhhh thats not gonna work, its pasting different than its copying
www.kostich.com/
then go to spiders from there :S

Its a praying mantis - sucks the blood out of her partner after shafting him.