False Black Widow

Commonly found in and around human dwellings, basements, crawl spaces, and dark corners of gardens or sheds.

Carnivorous; feeds on a variety of crawling insects, including woodlice, crickets, and occasionally other spiders.

They are nocturnal cobweb-weaving spiders that hang upside-down in irregular webs. They have poor eyesight and rely on vibrations to locate prey.

Generally beneficial for pest control as they eat common household insects. While they can bite humans if handled, their venom is not medically significant like a true black widow, typically causing localized pain and minor swelling.