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Latin name: Steatoda bipunctata
Size: Head and body length up to 8mm.
Distribution: Found in many parts of England - more frequently in the
southern counties.
Months seen: Females can be seen all year round. The males are
normally seen from early summer to autumn.
Habitat: Houses and out buildings (sometimes in rabbit hutches - hence
the name).
Food: Small insects
Special features: Steatoda bipunctata is one of the false widow spiders. They're normally chestnut coloured, although some specimens can be
lighter in colour. Usually there are some paler markings round front and down the centre of the abdomen.
The web consists of a mish-mash of short, irregularly placed silk strands.
 When viewed from underneath this species has an unusual marking which looks like the 'Alpha' of the Greek alphabet.
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