#4253 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Noble False Widow

🇳🇱 Reuzensteatoda ·Steatoda nobilis

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Dustin Edmundson · CC BY 4.0
2. © Martin Cooper · CC BY 4.0
3. © Shane Austin · CC BY 4.0
4. © Ramon(Ray) Evans · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Tone Killick · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © BRHebert · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Putten, Spijkenisse, South Holland, NL:© dutchiepuppy · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Zuid-Beveland, Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, NL:© Quirijn V · CC BY 4.0
9. 4371 RG Koudekerke, Nederland:© levi · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Lauwersoog:© dr_dodo · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Steatoda nobilis is a spider in the genus Steatoda , known in the United Kingdom as the noble false widow and often referred to as the false widow . As the common name indicates, the spider superficially resembles and is frequently confused for the black widow and other spiders in the genus Latrodectus , which can have medically significant venom. Steatoda nobilis is native to Madeira and the Canary Islands from where it allegedly spread to Europe, and arrived...

base stats

NL sightings 38iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 47,247iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).