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Identifying false widow spiders
There are six species of false widow spiders that live in the UK (Steatoda nobilis, Steatoda grossa ... The maximum body length of an adult female is 15 mm. An additional species, Steatoda paykulliana ...
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Occurrence, reproductive rate and identification of the non-native Noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) in Ireland
Michel M. Dugon, John P. Dunbar, Sam Afoullouss, Janic Schulte, Amanda McEvoy, Michael J. English, Ruth Hogan, Collie Ennis, Ronan Sulpice https://doi.org/10.3318 ...
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Invasion of the giant spiders? Not quite
Reports of false widow spiders continue to rise. The term false widow actually describes several species of spider, but the one that gains the most attention is Steatoda nobilis, the noble false widow ...