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Sidney84 London, United Kingdom Sep 26, 2016

Good evening,

Would anybody be able to help me indentify these two spiders I came across in my home this evening. Based in the UK. Abit worried as have been told a nest of false widows was found next door in garden shed.

Many thanks
Sidney

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 26, 2016

These are male spiders in the genus Steatoda, which includes the species known as 'false widow spiders.' Although some can deliver a very painful bite (as I have experienced), they are not nearly as dangerous as some popular press (e.g. the Daily Mail and the like) accounts might indicate - http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24636116

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Sidney84 London, United Kingdom Sep 26, 2016

Thank you very much. Do you know if or how we can try and stop so many getting in the house?

Thanks
Sidney

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 26, 2016

Short of hermetically sealing it, I'm afraid not...

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