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McGoohan Aug 2017 11:35pm, 29 Aug 2017 30,697 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan I've just caught what I think is a false widow spider in our kitchen.
McGoohan Aug 2017 6:08am, 30 Aug 2017 30,699 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan I've left it in some Tupperware for Liebling to discover when she gets up.
alpenrose Aug 2017 7:08am, 30 Aug 2017 28,266 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose I'm not looking at this thread until there's been at least 7 more posts.
TeeBee Aug 2017 7:08am, 30 Aug 2017 2,737 posts	Quote Pin TeeBee My sister in law got bitten by one a week or so ago. Her arm swelled up and she got a huge blister at the bite site itself.
Lip Gloss Aug 2017 7:19am, 30 Aug 2017 24,486 posts	Quote Pin Lip Gloss This is my Friday work wise
McGoohan Aug 2017 7:37am, 30 Aug 2017 30,701 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan I need to tell her not to throw it out till I have some good pictures of it
PaulaMc Aug 2017 7:42am, 30 Aug 2017 6,271 posts	Quote Pin PaulaMc We've had quite a few of those, McG. OH is pretty good at identifying and relocating them.
Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Aug 2017 8:13am, 30 Aug 2017 36,688 posts	Quote Pin Fierce and Fearless Fleecy I had to google a brown spider the other day for my neighbour. She said she didn't know how to google...
Columba Aug 2017 10:55am, 30 Aug 2017 13,629 posts	Quote Pin Columba From what I've read about false widows, they tend not to come into houses but prefer to live in sheds and such like outhouses. They build hammock-like webs and sit in the middle of them. And I don't think they're especially big.
Columba Aug 2017 10:56am, 30 Aug 2017 13,630 posts	Quote Pin Columba (I like to know my enemy)