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Steatoda grossa (C.L.Koch, 1838) (a comb-footed spider)

Date: 7 November 2009
OS grid ref: SU56
Lat/Lon: 51° 30' N, 1° 10' W
Location: Vice County: Berks, VC22, England
Voucher: 07/11/2009[A]
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Stage or state: Adult female
Record Summary: indoors, in old wooden lean-to garage
Identification Notes: Length 9.4mm.

The general colouration matches S. grossa although the epigyne has the anterior point of S. nobilis.

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