r/AustralianSpiders • u/Its_Big_Bad_Bazza • 8h ago

ID Request - location included Spider ID

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Just looking for an id on this spider to see if he's safe to keep inside, from northern Victoria.

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u/timblom 8h ago

Black House Spider, Badumna sp. Safe to keep around, typically very shy and unlikely to bite unless provoked.

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u/IscahRambles 8h ago

If this type of spider (black house spider) is roaming in your house, it's probably a male looking for a mate. It would be helpful to put him outside near (but not in) a female BHS's web outside, if you can spot one – they're the white lacy-looking webs that tend to get built in corners and windowsills.