Colette
Arachnopeon
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- Jun 7, 2017
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Steatoda have a rather unique profile like that one. Not exactly a proper way to ID but. I think it was @Widowman10 who used this rough guide to tell Steatoda from Latrodectus.First two photos are Nuctenea umbratica, third one looks like some Steatoda.
I think you may be right on first two perhaps, someone more experienced will chime in I'm sureThanks guys, after some googling I'm certain the first two are N umbratica. The description of habitat and lifestyle is spot on - they all hide in the fence posts during the day and come out into their website as the sun goes down.
Will keep an eye out for the others and see if I can get some better pics but it does look like some type of Steatoda to my very untrained eye. All fascinating stuff considering I used to be terrified of orb weavers specifically lol.