Spider hanging on a website against a wall. The shadow of a dandelion seed is in the top left of the image.

Exciting times in my #Penarth garden, with the discovery of a Noble False Widow spider (Steatoda nobilis). So far, it's eaten 3 harlequin ladybirds and zero humans. #falsewidowspider #spider #ukwildlife srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p...

Found a Noble False Widow Spider in my garden this afternoon, together with her eggs.
Beautiful little creature.
#spiders #falsewidowspider

New NIOO publication: Sibling #cannibalism in the #falsewidowspider is dependent on spiderling density and the reliable availability of fresh #prey, by @Jeffrey75327765 and others. #competition #starvation #steatodagrossa #agonisticinteractions
https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13399