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mavisbickle.bsky.social
Knitting and Handbags!
Who gets lunch…? 🤔
Answers on a postcard
#CarWildlife #Wasps #FalseWidow
September 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
nicofj.bsky.social
False Widow,
Sri Lanka, 2025

#nikon #wildlifephotography #sigma #wildlife #spider #photography #nature #falsewidow
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
mousebanshee.bsky.social
a triangulate cobweb spider, or steatoda triangulosa! the abdomens on the guys are pretty small, but it's worth taking a close look for that fun harlequin pattern 😊 #spider #steatoda #steatodatriangulosa #cobwebspider #falsewidow #arachtober
A small brown spider. The abdomen has a pattern of darker triangles on the outside, creating lighter diamond shapes on the inside. This gives it a harlequin pattern sort of look. The cephalothorax is completely a dark brown, allowing the fun abdomen pattern to shine.
October 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
senorgoblin.bsky.social
Steatoda Grossa.

#spiders #FalseWidow
September 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
mutonchops.bsky.social
A third suitor approaches

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#spider
#macro #photography
A male false widow spider approaches a female from behind in the hinge space of a window. To the side are the eaten corpses of two other male false widow spiders
August 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
jfang.bsky.social
Found this in the shower room this morning.

Steatoda nobilis aka false widow spider.

#spider
#SteatodaNobilis
#FalseWidow
July 19, 2026 at 9:06 AM
pauledevans.bsky.social
The UK doesn’t have many venomous spiders, but this is one of them: the noble false widow. Loads of them in the West Midlands and, specifically, the log store in our garden. #Spider #Arthropod #FalseWidow
A large, dark drown spider pitched on a piece of wood.
January 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
glados233.bsky.social
I caught this huge Steatoda grossa spider living in my Dubia roach colony, eating baby roaches to her heart's content. I've had her in a different container for about a month now eating mealworms. What should I name her?
#spider #falsewidow
A close up of a fat black spider sitting on egg carton in a small enclosure
May 27, 2026 at 10:38 AM
princesslouise74.bsky.social
A visitor to our humble abode in Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
#scotland #falsewidow #spidersuk
False widow spider. Black with brown legs and gold filigree detail on its abdomen.
July 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
mttkng.masto.98degrees.co.uk.ap.brid.gy
[🕷️ Spider photography]

Moving some old garden furniture and came across several of these little beauties/horrors (delete as necessary)

#spidersofmastodon #spiders #falsewidow #englishcountrygarden #arachnids
A female Cupboard Spider (aka False Widow) brightly lit by the sun. Her glossy brown abdomen glistens much like a conker. Her shadow falls strongly to the left. She’s stood on a mottled grey metal surface.
April 19, 2026 at 11:56 AM
andrulian.bsky.social
One of our daughter’s found a dead spider. Said it was a ‘good specimen’ to pin.

Fair enough, just didn’t expect her to leave it on the bench in the garage so it’s the first thing you see when you walk in, always makes me jump!

#Spider
#Arachnid
#FalseWidow
#JumpScare
A false widow spider that was found dead and has been pinned on a piece of sponge. It has been left on a bench so it’s the first thing you see when you walk into the garage.
August 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
niooknaw.bsky.social
New publication: Food availability influences adult body mass variability and reproductive traits in a #spider. #falsewidow #fecundityschedule #reproduction #eggsac
doi.org/10.1007/s004...
Figure 1 in Dong et al. (2025): "Fecundity schedules (mean number of spiderlings per female produced in each consecutive egg sac) of female Steatoda grossa spiders fed constantly with late instar cricket nymphs (red boxes) or intermittently with mid instar cricket nymphs (blue boxes). Boxes represent the interquartile range (IQR) of the data with the top and bottom edges of the box indicating the first and third quartiles. Black lines inside boxes represent the median. The whiskers extend from the box to the minimum and maximum values within a certain range, and data points beyond whiskers are considered outliers"
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
lnpestsolutions.bsky.social
‼️Now that's a spider‼️
This false widow was snapped in Essex by our pest proofing surveyor Jonathon. You might spot some in your house this time of year as they venture indoors in search of shelter and warmth!
#falsewidow #SpiderControl #pestcontrol
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
andrulian.bsky.social
So pinning the spider was just the start, now it’s been put in a display case and is appearing in random locations around the house

#spider
#FalseWidow
This is a false widow that was found dead but was a good specimen so was originally pinned but now has been put in a black display case
August 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
podparley.bsky.social
🎧 True Crime Podcast 2025 - Police Inte...
Wife From Hell Plays the Grieving Widow with Police - Until Her Own Son Outs Her as Killer (203min)
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July 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM
operanews.bsky.social
"UK's 'most dangerous spider' invading kitchens, hospitalizations double in a decade 🕷️ #FalseWidow #SpiderBites"

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UK's 'most dangerous spider' invading kitchens as 100 people sent to hospital
Experts consider the species, which hides away in kitchens, as the “most dangerous spider breeding
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April 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
operanews.bsky.social
Beware! Venomous False Widow Spiders Invading Homes and Gardens Across UK #FalseWidow #SpiderBites

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Warning of ‘UK’s most dangerous spider’ invading beds & underwear as man left with swollen face after being bitten
They can be found inside and outside the home BRITAIN'S most dangerous spider has sparked warnings
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September 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM