Spider alert! ID required please.....

[andy_fozzy]

Hi all.
Being a bit silly here perhaps, but just found this little critter on my girls bouncy castle.
I'm a bit paranoid about these nasty little things that bite little girls, so can anyone ID him, and reassure me he isn't going to bite her?!!

I know I'm probably being redicularse, bit like I said I'm a bit worried about nasty biting spiders!!

 

[medwaygreen]

Looks like a St Andrews cross spider, Venomous, but low risk.

St Andrews Cross Spiders ...low risk - non-aggressive



Venom toxicity - the bite of the St Andrews Cross is of low risk (non-toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders.
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Spider Identification - adult 1/4" to 1/2" in body length - abdomen striped yellow and brown - as illustrated. The St Andrews Cross Spider usually sits, upside down, in the middle of its web forming a cross - as illustrated.
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Habitat - this spider is a web-weaver usually found in summer in garden areas around the home. It is considered beneficial as it spins a large web to snare flying insects, such as flies and mosquitoes.

See here.

http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html

 

[andy_fozzy]

Ooh thanks very much for that, and the link to the website.
Never seen that site before, but I've bookmarked it for the future!!

Thanks again

 

[fletch5]

id have squashed it, no chance of a bit or anything then

 

[andy_fozzy]

id have squashed it, no chance of a bit or anything then

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Andy I missed this thread, that is Steatoda nobilis the False Widow Sider and can bite, it is reportedly the most poisonous UK spider, although no one has ever died from a spider bite from a UK native spider. That site above is a USA site so not much use as their spiders are more dangerous than ours

 

[andy_fozzy]

Heard about these little buggers.......

Check the picture out on the top of the page HERE.
They do look very similar!