Spider ID please?

[Venger]

Originally Posted by wildherbalian85

It doesn't matter so much as to were he is from what does matter is were the box he ordered came from as that is were the spider was located.

S.nobillis are bigger we have a few in our conservatory and one of them (think it might have been killed earlier in week) has a body length of apprx 20mm. And i do live in a location were they are and have been well established for over 100 years.

Yes, quite true, it depends where the box is from I agree.

I didn't say they were new I said they had a limited distribution (mainly due to climate - they came in with bananas apparently)

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by Venger

Yes, quite true, it depends where the box is from I agree.

I didn't say they were new I said they had a limited distribution (mainly due to climate - they came in with bananas apparently)

I have read too that they originated in the Canary Islands and came over in the late 1800's on Banana boats. I have read that they first arived in Portsmouth (my home town) and then spread but i have also read conflicting theories aswell, with some saying they first arrived in Devon (i think it was devon) though the fact is which ever port/ ports they have untill recentely been confined to the south and southwest.

Though going on this i would put my money on its first arrival being southcoast rather then southwest

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Did you know that S.grossa is also an alien species and is not a native. It was first recorded in 1846

[Allyn]

Thank you all for your advice. I think, given what you way, I'll go for Steatoda grossa. For further info, the spider came from Dartmouth.