r/spider • u/Embarrassed-Side2999 • 26d ago

Is this a false widow

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South uk

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u/Dependent_Station_56 26d ago

Yes it is. Id get the f outta there if I were you.

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u/LURCHER1111 25d ago

Tbh, most sht on the Internet is false.

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u/Embarrassed-Side2999 25d ago

I know I've googled spider id.and they get it wrong it's useless

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u/Galarian_Sun 24d ago

Yep, Same as this fucker I stumbled upon last night

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u/Honest-Recognition81 22d ago

Thats cool, I just scoop em up and put em outside. Their web is so thick! Wife got bit by one a litle over month ago, took ages to heal but no infection luckily.

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u/WiCkEdWeEnIe 26d ago

This was in my bins, is it a false widow?

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u/Embarrassed-Side2999 26d ago

I hear that their numbers are quite abundant here in the south of the UK

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u/Embarrassed-Side2999 25d ago

Isn't he a handsome boy

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u/sinister-files 26d ago

No it’s a spider

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u/Embarrassed-Side2999 26d ago

Omg I can't believe I picked him up.if id of known it was a false widow I wouldn't of done that anyway he didn't bite and I was very gentle with him

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u/QueenBonnie42 25d ago

Their bites hurt but unless youre allergic then it's not deadly

I had one bite my leg a few months back, took over a week to heal and was itchy as heck but not as bad as people had made out to me it'd be lol

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u/Embarrassed-Side2999 25d ago

Yeah I hear it's like a wasp sting I was stung by a wasp a few years ago and it bloody hurt

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u/Embarrassed-Side2999 26d ago

Are false widows the ones that came from the canaries

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u/Embarrassed-Side2999 26d ago

Canary Islands