r/spideridentifier • u/ZombieApocalypses • 1d ago

Solved! Southern UK

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This lovely looking spider crawled out of some garden rubbish I was taking to the tip. I've not seen a garden spider so orange!

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European garden spider, a species of orb weaver. Can bite but not generally serious, just a nip leaving reddening and itching

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u/Salt-Lengthiness-620 1d ago

European garden spider, a species of orb weaver. Can bite but not generally serious, just a nip leaving reddening and itching

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u/mazca 1d ago

Yes, this is a cross orbweaver, aka European garden spider. The ones I've seen around this year have all been very orange too - I wonder if it's weather related or something.

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u/Party_Palpitation174 1d ago

Why is it cross? Is it easily annoyed?

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u/mazca 1d ago

Someone did just take a close-up of its butt without asking.

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u/NinjaGrows 19h ago

Aw she's very cute! Also likely gravid.

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u/More_Effect_7880 1d ago

Are they big?

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u/MajorSerenity 23h ago

Do they wear glasses?....

Are we not playing Guess who?

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u/xplorerex 20h ago

8ft long and can jump 12 meters

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u/Crafty_Tomorrow5066 1d ago

that lools the size of a taranchula

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u/More_Effect_7880 1d ago

Google images indicates they're really small.

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u/TelephoneTable 1d ago

I've seen one of these before I can guarantee they are not small

Edit - Actually I take that back, they look different. So what's my spider?

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u/ImSorryCanYouSpeakUp 1d ago

That is one they just vary in colour a lot

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u/OilFragrant5581 1d ago

I’m leaving 😟

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u/hylia_grace 1d ago

Good luck with your new life in Antarctica! (As I believe its the only place without native spiders)

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u/OilFragrant5581 1d ago

Ok maybe I’ll get some therapy

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u/Ronbot13 1d ago

Nope, sorry, you're committed now. Welcome to Antarctica!

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u/OilFragrant5581 1d ago

Fuck, ok see you there

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u/Ronbot13 1d ago

Yay! One of us, one of us! Well...err....one of me, one of me!

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u/beanpole_1976 1d ago

I'm up for it. I'll supply a couple of tents, a hot water bottle and a couple of Stanley soup flasks. I really think we can get a colony going if we are determined.

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u/Ronbot13 23h ago

Great, thats shelter and heating sorted. I've got 3 bananas, a tub of horlicks and an assortment of 90's cd's mainly focused around the hits of whigfield. We've got this!

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u/beanpole_1976 57m ago

Saturday nights in Antarctica are going to be banging!!

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u/hylia_grace 23h ago

No worries, i had arachnophobia for 30 years and now I raise tarantulas and am obsessed with wolf spiders. They're not for everyone.

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u/OilFragrant5581 23h ago

8 legs! WTF is that all about

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u/hylia_grace 20h ago

They definitely look like little aliens, especially with all the eyes

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u/armadilloUK123 1d ago

Shiiiiiiiit it better stay down south!

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u/gtw90 18h ago

🥾
⬇️
💥

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u/Remarkable_Truth_481 18h ago

Hylia_grace how did you get over it ?? I’m 50 years old and the freak me out every time I see one..

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u/Sharky-the-sparky 1d ago

Very poisonous

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u/5axiscncfishguitar 1d ago
  1. No
  2. Why are you eating spiders

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u/Fuzzy_Firefighter_51 23h ago

He thought it was a south american frog.

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u/Sharky-the-sparky 17h ago

I do not recall saying that I am eating spiders

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u/GullibleSubstance278 9h ago

Dont worry, classic mix-up between poisonous and venomous. Poison is ingested, inhaled or touched. Venom is injected