Steatoda triangulosa and Asagena phalerata). They are black or brown in colour, rotund, and small - growing up to about the size of a small finger-nail. The maximum body length of an adult female is ...

The genus is Steatoda, but I will focus on perhaps the most common in the family — Steatoda triangulosa. Steatoda triangulosa is also known as the triangulate cobweb spider, the triangulate ...

Sightings of Steatoda nobilis, the false widow spider, are on the rise. It is being cited as Britain's most venomous spider, and it is spreading. But experts say the species is not usually ...

"So actually, there's almost no evidence of Steatoda nobilis or any other U.K. spider causing anything more than temporary discomfort to anyone," Chatfield noted, adding, "Steatoda may well be the ...