Anyone know much about spiders?

[TomandJerry]

It was at work....what is it?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

If you are in Australia - be very afraid.

The top 10 most poisonous spiders are all from Australia (according to Bill Burford).

 

[grubbyhands]

I think they have 8 legs and shit silk.

 

[TomandJerry]

If you are in Australia - be very afraid.

The top 10 most poisonous spiders are all from Australia (according to Bill Burford).

I work in West Sussex

 

[StonehamPark]

"Exploding spiders spotted across the country"

"If you touch them it is possible they will 'explode', dispersing away from each other on tiny silken safety lines."




Nope.

 

[Hillian1]

Kill it, kill it with fire.

 

[pasty]

I'd also have a word with your company electrician. He/she appears to put wall switched up sideways.

 

[deslynhamsmoustache1]

That really is disgusting, an abomination to mankind, but enough about your wallpaper, that's a juvenile garden spider (Araneus diadematus). Harmless.

 

[TomandJerry]

That really is disgusting, an abomination to mankind, but enough about your wallpaper, that's a juvenile garden spider (Araneus diadematus). Harmless.

Doesn't look harmless

 

[lizard]

It was at work....what is it?

It's a spider! stick it out the window

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

Looks like it could be a false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis). Hard to tell from a picture. The false widow will normally hang upside down in its web. The webs are very spindly. I would not worry too much. Most bites from false widows are nothing more serious than a bee sting. However some people can have a more serious reaction.

My advise (I am a pest controller) would be to remove the spider from your office and then remove all webs. If new webs appear, remove them as well.

 

[TomandJerry]

Looks like it could be a false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis). Hard to tell from a picture. The false widow will normally hang upside down in its web. The webs are very spindly. I would not worry too much. Most bites from false widows are nothing more serious than a bee sting. However some people can have a more serious reaction.

My advise (I am a pest controller) would be to remove the spider from your office and then remove all webs. If new webs appear, remove them as well.

Do they come in that color?

 

[supaseagull]

Its a Marbled Orb Weaver

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I work in West Sussex

Is that anywhere near Woolloomooloo ?

 

[TomandJerry]

Is that anywhere near Woolloomooloo ?

I don't think so

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

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It was at work....what is it?

I can confirm that it is indeed a spider.

You were wise to double check.

 

[TomandJerry]

I can confirm that it is indeed a spider.

You were wise to double check.

I knew it was a spider but didn't know what type! Or if it was poisonous!

 

[happypig]

It's a Brain-Eating Death Spider. It'll grow to the size of an Ice cream van and kill every last one of you.

Take off and nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

Do they come in that color?

Yes. The color shown in the picture is quite normal for a false widow.

 

[supaseagull]

Yes. The color shown in the picture is quite normal for a false widow.

It's not a false widow.