Odd looking Spider N.East London…and it jumped! (1 Viewer)

[KenM]

I know nowt about Spiders other than I don’t recall seeing one like this afore?

Cheers

 

[Hotspur]

It's a female Noble False Widow, Steatoda nobilis. Harmless

 

[KenM]

It's a female Noble False Widow, Steatoda nobilis. Harmless

Cheers….think we both jumped at the same time.🤣

 

[PYRTLE]

Though not particularly venomous to humans, they still bite?

 

[MrToad]

Though not particularly venomous to humans, they still bite?

They can, but like almost all spiders, rarely do. Usually bites are the result of a situation where the spider is being injured and unable to flee. S. nobilis can give a bite with a little more zip to it than most other Theridiids, but it’s still nothing to be concerned about, and like all the other “modern” spiders (ie not the Mygalomorphs - “tarantulas” and such-like) they can control the amount of expensive venom delivered. A good number of bites are weak or even “dry” bites and give little or no affect.