Female Steatoda nobilis?

[Wightman]

Am I correct?

[No.9 Spider]

Yes it's a Steatoda nobilis
And a young female or not yet mature male.


No.9 Spider

[Wightman]

Thanks No.9. Do you get them there? They're abundant here.

[No.9 Spider]

I wish we did!
Of the six recorded Steatoda species only Steatoda bipunctata is common and widespread.
Steatoda phalerata is recorded through much of the country and into North and South Wales though is uncommon and certainly one I've yet to identify..
S. nobilis is generally a Southern counties species and can be abundant where it occurs though it will undoubtedly spread northwards.
S. grossa is found mainly in the South-east though there are scattered records of it through the country. I usually find loads of these wherever I stay in Cornwall, in rented cottages. I also found one of the most Northerly records when I found a female and spiderlings living quite happily in a boarded up fireplace in one of the bedrooms of our guesthouse here in Llandudno . The fireplace had been boarded over many years ago. From the scattered records it is obviously the most synanthropic of the Steatoda species.
S. albomaculata is Nationally Scarce (Notable B) recorded only from central-southern England and East Anglia.
The last recorded Steatoda species is Steatoda triangulosa which is an introduced species (like some of the others) with a record from Leicester. No doubt it will establish itself in time or has been overlooked elsewhere.
(From the Provisional Atlas of British Spiders)


No.9 Spider

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by Wightman

Thanks No.9. Do you get them there? They're abundant here.

There abundant in Portsmouth too

Yes as others have said that is a Nobilis. Brilliant picture by the way