Hiya

I've found this spider on my patio, webbing from the Ivy, the location is cool, dark and quite. (if that helps any)

I live on the East Rand.









tia

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This is just my opinion.
It reminds me of the Eresidae family.
The one I am familiar with is pure black, having the common name: black velvet spider.
www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/spiders/eresidae/

This one you have could be the Stegodyphus sp. or the Seothyra sp. The Dresserus sp. is mostly found in South Africa, so is most likely.

Here is a picture of a Dresserus kannemeyeri specimen: www.flickr.com/photos/stanislav_macik/4960905123/

A more frontal shot should help as well.

Well that's my guess

That doesn't look like a friendly spider :dry: :huh:

But why if I may ask would you say it comes from the "black velvet spider" type?

Obviously the black colour is different, but the over-all large abdomen shape and from the limited angle the carapace looks similar to me.

But there are thousands of different spider species in South Africa, so this is just my guess, an uneducated one at that.

A better front shot and if possible, the webbing where is was found would also help in identifying it.

Could an orb weaver species as well.

Sorry have no idea when it comes to true spiders.

thanks for the input. I'll try to get a better frontal shot tonite.

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