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quint1111 co durham, United Kingdom Mar 20, 2014

Hi

found this on my shed arround 11pm very dark black with white and black striped legs with a very big plump round body about the size of a 10 pence piece
any help would be very much appreciated

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Mar 20, 2014

This is a harmless female orb-weaving spider; it might be a very fat specimen of a walnut orb-weaver, Nuctenea umbratica - http://www.eurospiders.com/Nuctenea_umbratica.htm

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quint1111 co durham, United Kingdom Mar 21, 2014

Thanks for your reply , I thought yhays what it was but it threw me with it having white and black striped legs rather than yellow and black, do there leg coulour vary. ..??

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Mar 21, 2014

Many species of spiders, like many insects, can show considerable individual variation in color pattern. Also, the quality of lighting used when photographing specimens can have an effect...

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