3 False Widows - (Possiby 5) in my house!!

Kelly3 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-08-2010, 10:34 AM

After a fairly positive ID of one of these about a year back i have now gained a further 2 (Definately!!) and possibly another 2 (Totalling 5) in my back conservatory type room! The 2 i am unsure about are babies and are up a little higher so can not tell yet! I am starting to get a bit uneasy about these now as there are mutiplying, but on the other hand i don't want to disturb them by trying to catch them and possibly loosing them as they quite often stay in the same place although 2 have moved webs in the last few months!! Any hints or tips would be most welcome!

John_M · #2 (**permalink**) 10-08-2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Kelly3

After a fairly positive ID of one of these about a year back i have now gained a further 2 (Definately!!) and possibly another 2 (Totalling 5) in my back conservatory type room! The 2 i am unsure about are babies and are up a little higher so can not tell yet! I am starting to get a bit uneasy about these now as there are mutiplying, but on the other hand i don't want to disturb them by trying to catch them and possibly loosing them as they quite often stay in the same place although 2 have moved webs in the last few months!! Any hints or tips would be most welcome!

If it was me I'd leave them alone. I have several in my kitchen, and have no problems with them. When the webs get a bit too manky (technical term), I just brush them away and the spiders soon build new.
I have never found these spiders to be aggressive.