False widow?

There isn't too much to judge the size from that video but it looks too big to be false widow. The markings are not typical for a false widow but I'm no spider expert.

I know I wasn't too much help, haha.
 
Looks like one but can't be 100% sure, we get them quite a lot on Campus here in Brighton, they are basically harmless.

lucarocks92 said:
Think a false widow has a white hourglass symbol on it, couldn't make out on the video as wasn't the best quality.
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Nah its just like a kind of black and white blotchy pattern along their abdomen. They are only called false widows because they are a member of the widow family.

They are also pretty diverse is size, shape and markings, which makes identifying them tricky.

http://www.uksafari.com/spiders.htm

Good site for identifying spiders.

Actually after looking at that, it may be a female Walnut Orb-Weaver.

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Guru said:
Its body was about the size of a 5p
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Then its probably not a widow, their tiny.
 
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Fenris said:
Looks like one but can't be 100% sure, we get them quite a lot on Campus here in Brighton, they are basically harmless.



Nah its just like a kind of black and white blotchy pattern along their abdomen. They are only called false widows because they are a member of the widow family.

They are also pretty diverse is size, shape and markings, which makes identifying them tricky.

http://www.uksafari.com/spiders.htm

Good site for identifying spiders.

Actually after looking at that, it may be a female Walnut Orb-Weaver.

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Then its probably not a widow, their tiny.
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Thank you very much for that post :)

I think you are correct.

Cheers,

G
 
Derek W said:
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False widow on the right ;)
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That made me properly chuckle! +internets
 
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