False Widow?

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Hi everyone,

We have about 10 of these spiders in our conservatory. Are they false widows?

They've been there for over a year now. It started as just one or two.

The conservatory is being knocked down in a couple of weeks, shall we just leave it to the builders or are there precautions we should take?

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Minot, ND

This does look very much like Steatoda nobilis, which, along with some other Steatoda species, collectively are known as false widow spiders. See http://www.uksafari.com/falsewidows.htm

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