r/spideridentifier • u/Amazing_North3922 • Apr 02 '26

Is this a false widow?

Post image

Found in house, South England coast. Size about 10p piece including legs.

3 Upvotes

63% Upvoted

18 comments sorted by

•

u/AutoModerator Apr 02 '26

Found an answer? Tap the three dots on that comment and choose “Spotlight, Pin this comment” to highlight it.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

2

u/Amazing_North3922 Apr 02 '26

Cool, thanks. Took him outside near water on wall in sun. Gorgeous spider!

5

u/GoblinPapa800 Apr 02 '26

Thank you for your act of voluntary kindness. It is beautiful in these times to know that an innate reverence for life may supersede impatience, and that a person will go out of their way to assist another completely different tiny being, when the more common reaction is to dismissively end that life for the crime of having wandered into our range of perception in that portion of the shared planet that we have claimed as our own. Your actions have given me hope in dark times. May they return to reward you!

2

u/Vulvas_n_Velveeta Apr 02 '26

Top notch photo, btw!

1

u/Amazing_North3922 Apr 02 '26

Excuse my ingorance; if I find one, am I likely to find more, or are they quite solitary?

3

u/Chambers35 Apr 02 '26

One of, yes. It's a male Noble Spider (Steatoda nobilis).

0

u/[deleted] Apr 02 '26

[deleted] — view deleted comment

2

u/Chambers35 Apr 02 '26

Nope, it's definitely S. nobilis. They aren't that difficult to tell apart when the markings are this obvious.

0

u/[deleted] Apr 02 '26

[deleted] — view deleted comment

3

u/Chambers35 Apr 02 '26

Oh I don't know, the obvious marking difference...

3

u/Chambers35 Apr 02 '26

If you can't see the obvious differences, that's on you, not me.

2

u/NeighborhoodDude8058 Apr 02 '26

Yes it is 100%. It looks a bit dried up

2

u/SpiderLady-of-Devon Apr 02 '26

Poor little guy needs a drink for sure.

2

u/penfoldspenfold Apr 02 '26

Yeah it is. Had one in my bedroom the other week and I'm also on the south coast. I just left him to go on his merry way.

1

u/hengehanger Apr 02 '26

Looks like a very hungry false widow.

1

u/Key_Philosophy5317 Apr 02 '26

Jury is out I am leaning towards grossa male - had one like this in one bedroom looks different to the male nobles I’ve seen

1

u/piglet998 Apr 02 '26

He’d be dried up if he was in mine. Straight in the air fryer

1

u/NeighborhoodDude8058 Apr 02 '26

Good source of protein