Family - Theridiidae
Genus - Steatoda
Known as the False Widow Spider.
Originally from the Canary Islands and Madeira.
Introduced to the UK with bananas. Well established on
the South Coast for over 100 years.
They have been known to bite.
Female - 8.5-14mm / Male 7-10mm
A Widow's Lair...
In a Flint wall
Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
09.10.2011
Female consuming another Spider
Brighton
10.10.2011
This Female was nesting alongside a Segestria senoculata lair.
I found her on the floor, twitching. I assume the Segestria had bitten her.
It took her two days to die.
Brighton
06.05.2011
Female - 8.5-14mm / Male 7-10mm
Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery 09/10/2010
After a night of very heavy rain this Spider is obviously very
hungry as she has left her lair to pursue this large Woodlouse.
11/11/2010
Genus - Steatoda
Known as the False Widow Spider.
Originally from the Canary Islands and Madeira.
Introduced to the UK with bananas. Well established on
the South Coast for over 100 years.
They have been known to bite.
Female - 8.5-14mm / Male 7-10mm
In a Flint wall
Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
09.10.2011
Extra Mural Cemetery
Brighton, East Sussex
12.11.2011
10.10.2011
I found her on the floor, twitching. I assume the Segestria had bitten her.
It took her two days to die.
Brighton
06.05.2011
Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery 09/10/2010
hungry as she has left her lair to pursue this large Woodlouse.
11/11/2010
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