Can anyone identify this Spider?

[bigkeeko]

Is this a run of the mill thing?





Caused a huge drama when landed on my OH.

[mrsshpub]

Try posting it here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BritishSpiderIdent...

[bigkeeko]

Ok thanks

[Google [bot]]

Robust looking motherfker.

[The Nur]

It's quite cute in a terrifying, wouldn't want it anywhere near me way.

[Google [bot]]

I think it's a funnel-web

[The Nur]

[Butter Face]

Horrible fker ain't it?

[bigkeeko]

It apparently 'fell' onto my gfs neck and she couldn't brush it off. I came home to a hysterical woman just out of the shower.
Generally I would have laughed but she was in a bad way.

Wouldn't fancy it stuck to me either tbh.

Edited by bigkeeko on Sunday 5th July 20:25

[PoleDriver]

It's Boris!

[Gretchen]

Did you get an ident on this? Looks like could be a Tube Web? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segestria_florenti...

[spadriver]

Dont do fb but heres another one for you all.

[Google [bot]]

I wonder if Googling yellow spider could shed any light on this

[Einion Yrth]

spadriver said:

Dont do fb but heres another one for you all.

Misumena vatia

[Mr GrimNasty]

Yellow, and sits like a crab, oooooo, hard one.

[Nightmare]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Yellow, and sits like a crab, oooooo, hard one.

er.... It's a lobster spider yeah?!! Have a photo of one of those perfectly camouflaged on a flower getting a bee (poor bee!)

[DoubleSix]

Gretchen said:

Did you get an ident on this? Looks like could be a Tube Web? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segestria_florenti...

Horrible things.

As that link says there are plenty here in Bristol.

I've become trained not to lean against stone walls etc as they will dash out when they think something has wandered close.

Makes me shudder just thinking about having one on me!

[bigkeeko]

It`s apparently a female `Amaurobius ferox` and they bite lol.

[Martin4x4]

Think it is more likely the common Laceweb

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

[Mr GrimNasty]

The trouble with spiders is that they are highly variable and many of them look very similar to start with!

You really need the specimen in your hand and magnification.

It probably explains why the only really useful UK spider id book runs to 3 or 4 volumes and costs £many hundreds.