Can you ID this spider?

Stonedofmoo · 2 Oct 2013 at 20:42

This spider lurks around our front door, but disappears off iinto the woodwork behind f I try and get it.
Can anyone identify it?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stonedofmoo/Spider.jpg

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There is another just like it above the porch. It looks lighter brown than it really is thanks to the camera flash 4 inches away from it

Xordium · 2 Oct 2013 at 20:43

Shelob

Stonedofmoo · 2 Oct 2013 at 20:46

Best get me a sword then

MaxP779 · 2 Oct 2013 at 20:46

"Orange spider UK" in google brought up this:

http://www.uksafari.com/cross.htm

Looks like it might be a garden spider, looks like the 2nd pic in that link.

mark66 · 2 Oct 2013 at 20:47

I know next to nothing on spiders, but it does lool to me strikingly like 'Britains most poisonous spider', the False Widow Spider? :eek:

Stonedofmoo · 2 Oct 2013 at 20:55

Yeah it does, mind you all spiders I see outside look pretty similar. This one makes my wife nervous

MaxP779 · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:01

mark66 said:
I know next to nothing on spiders, but it does lool to me strikingly like 'Britains most poisonous spider', the False Widow Spider?

"A man has been bitten in his sleep"
"attacked by a false widow spider"

They're more afraid of us than we are of them my ass.

wire-screw · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:01

It's awful kill it...

Fuzz · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:03

DailyGeek · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:04

GSWAudio said:
It's awful kill it...

Alternatively, just leave it be.

robfosters · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:06

That is, without doubt, a fine example of your common European Garden Spider.

Stonedofmoo · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:11

Looking at them on Google images I'm not sure it is, plus the web they appear to spin looks nothing like what this one has spun. My spider which I've named 'Burt' has made a web which is a big mess, no pattern to it that I can see.

Hyburnate · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:11

Looks strikingly like a false widow to me :confused:

Stonedofmoo · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:14

MaxP779 said:
"Orange spider UK" in google brought up this:

http://www.uksafari.com/cross.htm

Looks like it might be a garden spider, looks like the 2nd pic in that link.

lol MaxP779, that site produced an interesting tidbit

http://www.uksafari.com/spiders4.htm
'Ones to avoid' section

The only species which has a bad reputation is the False Widow which occurs in association with human habitation in many parts of England and Wales, and has been implicated in having a bite bad enough to need medical attention. However, it is certainly not life-threatening and the few bad bites may be more a case of someone reacting badly, just as some people are allergic to wasp stings. It can be very abundant where it occurs, such as in Portsmouth, and yet we never hear of it causing problems.

No prizes for guessing where I live lol

Kosmiche · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:15

Immortal jellyfish, my dad slays them to make a living.

robfosters · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:16

We had a false widow in the house the other night. I'm in Bexley, which has apparently become somewhat of a hotspot for them.

MaxP779 · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:17

Stonedofmoo said:
lol MaxP779, that site produced an interesting tidbit

http://www.uksafari.com/spiders4.htm
'Ones to avoid' section

No prizes for guessing where I live lol

Time to invest in one of these:

Mine works pretty well

Andy90 · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:23

I would go with a False Widow as well, the Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis), check out the fourth picture down on the following link

http://wiki.britishspiders.org.uk/index.php5?title=False_Widow_Spiders

anything I don't mind · 2 Oct 2013 at 22:19

that's Patrick.

cainer · 2 Oct 2013 at 23:10

another vote for false widow here