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Up to Discussions in Spiders
142 Views 3 Replies Last post: Jun 11, 2018 8:59 AM by jaguarondi RSS
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Jun 8, 2018 7:36 PM

False Widow Spider?

Found this and several more is a dissussed boiler house in a garden, about 2" / 50mm in size. very impressive looking. Are they False Black Widow, any ideas?

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  • jaguarondi Master
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    Jun 10, 2018 9:13 PM (in response to BC)
    Re: False Widow Spider?

    I think this one of the cave spiders, Meta sp. but they're not usually this dark. Were they all this dark?

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      Jun 11, 2018 6:25 AM (in response to jaguarondi)
      Re: False Widow Spider?

      Hello thanks for your reply. Yes all this dark. I’ll attempt a few more pictures and send them over. I do need to get some work done in this space, from what you say as an ID they are harmless but may bite if cornered?

       

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      • jaguarondi Master
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        Jun 11, 2018 8:59 AM (in response to BC)
        Re: False Widow Spider?

        Just to assure you they're not false widows, if you look at the first and second legs on the left you'll see some fairly long spines which you won't see on a false widow.

         

        Maybe it's Meta bourneti which can get pretty dark - and is the less common of the two UK Meta species. You can post more pics if you wish but I can't think what else they could be.They do have a reputation of being rather docile and slow moving..

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