Orb weaver ID

[amateur]

I found this guy in a corner outside my house. It has this arrow marking on the abdomen (Picture attached). Any thoughts on what specie it could be?

 

[NYAN]

I’m not all that familiar with South African spiders, too bad. Does it have an orb web? I can really tell.

 

[dangerforceidle]

Yeah, it looks like something in Theridiidae to me.

 

[amateur]

Doesn't look like there is an orb web...

Sorry, I'm not that good with true spiders. But now that I googled it, it is a Theridiidae.
Just thought that the arrow marking was kinda interesting...

 

[dangerforceidle]

Doesn't look like there is an orb web...

Sorry, I'm not that good with true spiders. But now that I googled it, it is a Theridiidae.
Just thought that the arrow marking was kinda interesting...

It definitely is an interesting marking! Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with South African spiders, and there are around 40 species within family Theridiidae that live in the country. Along with variability of markings and not many reliable images found in my searches, it may be difficult to narrow down even to genus with just this photo.

 

[amateur]

Interesting...

Thanks for the info and the ID on the famliy of the spider though.