Steatoda bipunctata
January 2008
The False Widow Spider is a non-native species but has spread to Britain where it is fairly common in England. It comes from western and central Europe.
Related to true Widow Spiders they can give a bite which can be quite sore.
For more information see the pages at britishspiders.org and at the Natural History Museum.
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