Yes, this looks like Steatoda nobilis.
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Wed 30th September 2020 12:22 by Peter Harvey
Re Area Lists
The lists are created from the raw database, and may take time to appear. Maybe the computer you were using takes too long for you to think it doesn't work. If you want to report problems like this, you should email me directly.
Thu 24th September 2020 10:42 by Is Br
Steatoda Nobilis? Near Lincoln
Wed 23rd September 2020 12:16 by Michael Kilner
Area lists problem
Just looking up the Area Lists. The Vice County that I am particularly interested in, VC86 Stirling, does not show a list when I click on it. Most other areas do. The same issue seems present for the Yorkshire VCs Edit. It works on a different computer. Never mind
Wed 23rd September 2020 09:06 by Peter Harvey
Yes a Xysticus, probably X. cristatus but microscopical examination of an adult would be needed for certain if. At this time of year the spider will still be juvenile.
Mon 21st September 2020 20:24 by Steve Marshall
Xysticus sp.
I think this is a Xysticus sp. Actually found it crawling on me indoors. The garden is damp and extends into oak woodland, with a shrub layer of elder, hawthorn, honeysuckle, hazel and rose, but there's lawn with herb borders around the house, so variety of habitats. Guildford, GU3 2HA / SU933502. Thanks, Steve
Sat 19th September 2020 10:02 by Paul Rule
Zilla diodia
Sat 19th September 2020 09:53 by Paul Rule
Gibbaranea gibbosa
Wed 16th September 2020 20:06 by Peter Harvey
Both look like Steatoda nobilis, the so-called 'noble false widow', the spider which the media make such an unjustified fuss about. It has been frequent in the southern coastal counties of England for a great many years, and is nowadays frequent and abundant in many areas of southern England and Wales, including the south coast, south-west, south-east, London area and East Anglia, and increasingly much further north. The media frenzy caused by this spider is unwarranted. Steatoda nobilis spiders are unobtrusive, have no interest in attacking humans and would only bite if they were put into a position where they do so as a defensive reaction. They are likely to present no greater risk than honey bees and social wasps. There are a number of other 'false widows' in Britain, some which are native or have been in the country for centuries, so there is a lot of misinformation about these spiders.
Wed 16th September 2020 07:53 by Chris Mitchell
Mon 14th September 2020 21:47 by Rob Walton
Sat 12th September 2020 17:01 by Peter Harvey
It would be, if you provided a full postcode or Ordnance Survey grid reference so that your record can be used.
Sat 12th September 2020 15:24 by Dave Coombe
Welsh Wasp Spider
Fri 11th September 2020 18:08 by Peter Harvey
The photo is far too low resolution to be sure even of spider family, but I think it is probably a juvenile Zygiella x-notata, a common orb web spider of buildings, walls, fences, gardens etc. It could also be a juvenile wolf spider Pardosa species, or juvenile Textrix denticulata, both a very different kinds of spider.
Wed 9th September 2020 21:28 by Rob Walton
Is this a false widow?
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