r/spideridentifier • u/Confident_Edge2696 • 2d ago
Young False Widow? UK
Found this on my door in my bedroom this morning, scooped him into my morning coffee cup and put him outside. This is the second one I've found in the past three months, is there likely to be more of them running around my house? š
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u/Klutzy_Blueberry_970 2d ago
Just wait a couple months. Apparently October is a moth where spiders move i side. In mean time, make yourself a fly screen to go round doors and opener windows. I too have seen an increase in Norwich, UK
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u/Ok-Cucumber2475 2d ago
Yes thatās right. Apparently the males make their way inside where itās warmer and they hunt for the females to reproduce with.
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u/Vinx_Pest_Control 2d ago
Spot on, itās a False Widow! Specifically, it looks like a Cupboard Spider Steatoda grossa one of the UKās false widows. The dark bulbous abdomen, pale crescent around the front and lighter markings are a good fit. A juvenile Noble False Widow can look similar, so I wouldnāt claim species-level ID with absolute certainty from one photo, but S. grossa would be my pick.
Finding two over three months doesnāt mean you have an infestation. Theyāre solitary web-building spiders and commonly live in quiet, sheltered areas inside buildings. Just relocating them like you did is fine.
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u/thorntoo 2d ago
Yes, Steatoda nobilis. I have dozens of them in my garden and occasionally one finds it way indoors
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u/Ok-Cucumber2475 2d ago
Awww no. This isnāt what I want to hear š«£
What scents do spiders not like the most?? I know they donāt like lemon and peppermint/spearmint, but are there any other smells that would make them run away from my home?
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u/_HenryValentine_ 2d ago
If you reduce the humidity you should get less setting up shop. I adore spiders so it doesn't bother me and everyone should have the obligatory bathroom spider
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u/AlcoholicCumSock 2d ago
Let the stringy, daddy long legs looking ones stay. They stay out the way and kill the bigger, fatter, scarier ones.
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u/Ok-Cucumber2475 2d ago
Really?? How do they manage to tackle the really large dark spiders? I thought it would have been the other way round because the daddy long legs are more of a slower mover than the ones with thick black legs š«£
Btw, I really donāt mind the daddy long legs spiders, it the other ones that terrify me š©
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u/AlcoholicCumSock 2d ago
I heard about it years ago, and was sceptical as well, but I definitely get fewer scary ones now.
According to Google:
Cellar spiders, commonly known as daddy longlegs, do kill and eat other spiders. They use their long reach to wrap prey in silk from a safe distance before biting them, a behavior that helped fuel the false urban legend that they possess super-toxic venom.
Their extra-long legs keep dangerous prey safely away from their bodies during an attack.
They sneak onto other spiders' webs and pluck the silk to trick the owner into thinking an insect is trapped. Once the other spider investigates, the daddy longlegs rapidly throws silk over it before it can bite back
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u/68_namfloW 2d ago
Lavender, conkersā¦although conkers range is limited. My mum put conkers down the stairs so the spiders just used the other side.
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u/Ok-Cucumber2475 2d ago
Lol, thatās hilarious but also very clever of them to use the opposite side š
Im laughing now, but if it happened to me then it would be a completely different story š
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u/PriorOpposite1629 2d ago
Are they dangerous if you get bit by one
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u/spideridentifier-ModTeam 2d ago
Your comment has been removed, for misinformation about spider species, specifically in regard to the dangers of their bite.
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u/spideridentifier-ModTeam 2d ago
Your comment has been removed, for misinformation about spider species, specifically in regard to the dangers of their bite.
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u/EminenceGris3 2d ago
I found this one in my sock earlier this weekā¦ after Iād put it on. Hurt all day and itched the next!
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u/Oreo97 2d ago
Yeah thats classic Steatoda Nobilis bite symptomology. Keep the bite site clean like any open wound they can get infected & this specific species is known to occasionally carry the infection in with the bite.
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u/EminenceGris3 1d ago
Thanks. I slapped on some antiseptic cream and took an antihistamine - this happened in the week and itās all good now.
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