spider id help please

leedsuk · #1 (**permalink**) 09-10-2010, 03:35 PM

Can anyone tell me what this is ?
Grey and black pointed abdomen with 4 white dots in a line and striped legs.
I have a pic if anyone wants to see it.

cheers

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body is about an inch long plus legs

John_M · #2 (**permalink**) 09-10-2010, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by leedsuk

Can anyone tell me what this is ?
Grey and black pointed abdomen with 4 white dots in a line and striped legs.
I have a pic if anyone wants to see it.

cheers

Please post a photo, and an estimate of size if you can, much more chance of an ID then

leedsuk · #3 (**permalink**) 09-10-2010, 03:46 PM

That pic ok ?

You might have to save it and reopen and zoom

RobAtkinson · #4 (**permalink**) 09-10-2010, 04:59 PM

Araneus diadematus

leedsuk · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2010, 02:29 PM

Thank you

I'm assuming from a quick google search these are harmless ?
I know squat about spiders and havent seen one of these before and wasn't sure if it was a domestic species

RobAtkinson · #6 (**permalink**) 10-10-2010, 02:48 PM

Yes they are harmless and will only bite if continually provoked or squashed. I'm surprised you haven't seen them as they are very common in and around gardens.

leedsuk · #7 (**permalink**) 10-10-2010, 04:31 PM

I'm not much of a gardener

Looks like it lives to spin again thanks to your ID.

RobAtkinson · #8 (**permalink**) 10-10-2010, 05:07 PM

Neither am I. Tbh I've only just become interested in spiders so I'm quite lucky this spider was easy to identify.

leedsuk · #9 (**permalink**) 10-10-2010, 05:37 PM

Should the newness of your hobby worry me as to its accuracy Rob ?

I can't see the white cross feature on mine that is attributed to the species you specifed.
Plus the black and grey colouring on mine looks different to the library images.