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13-07-2010, 07:44 AM
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| | | Spider ID Required
Hi Everybody,
I was hoping for some help identifying a spider I have witnessed in my garage. The spider "Doris" is black with cream colored bands on her hairy legs! She also has 6 cream/yellow spots on her upper abdomen and 2 beneath. With large eyes and a fairly aggressive termprament I'm wondering what she could be. I cant seem to find anything like her online hence the reason for this post!
I have uploaded a picture in the library named "Doris the spider!" but I cant link it to this post - am new to this!
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Steve |
13-07-2010, 07:55 AM
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Here it is, unsure of its type, but someone else will  ...  |
13-07-2010, 07:58 AM
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13-07-2010, 08:45 AM
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That looks to me like Nuctenea umbratica, a mainly nocturnal spider that lives under tree bark and places like that. They are usually very retiring, I have watched them at night but they whizz off when light shines on them. The edging on the body is often a rather fetching primrose colour.
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13-07-2010, 03:40 PM
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Ah ha! That's the one. Have just found more images online of her.
Descriptions suggest that they are nocternal - the lady living in my garage can be tempted out any time of the day by means of bait.
Are these spiders even slightly dangerous to humans?
Before submitting this thread I had hoped she would be identified as a fake widow!
Either way, I'm happy with a lazy arachnid!
Steve |
13-07-2010, 04:56 PM
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I confess to being quite fond of them, the colour scheme is so good, brown/black and primrose, sounds like a 1920s railway carriage, and their webs are so big and blowsy, part ripped with corners knocked off the regimented rhomboids, eyes that reflect and a propensity to wander off when looked at. They keep down other invertebrates (as do all spiders, pretty well) and I would see them as beneficial, usually unseen, tigers of the night! Must be the warm weather.
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