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Insect and Spider Identification: Possible false widow sighting in Nottinghamshire, England? , 0 by Jackie1981

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Jackie1981 wrote:
For the last few mornings, I have opened my bedroom curtains, and found this hanging down from the guttering just outside. I had no intention of opening the window to get a closer look so this is as close as I could get by zooming in from the comfort of behind my window. I\'m just wondering if it is a false widow, and if not, what else it may be? So far, it has made no effort to come into the window. I have watched it simply come down from under the guttering, (the thread is so fine it just looks like it\'s floating) kind of go round a bit, before going back up. The actual web seems to be under the gutter itself and from what I can tell, does look fairly neat, not a \"mishmash\" or \"irregular\" as I have seen false widow webs described as on various other sites.