This spider was guarding an egg sack (see second photo). I turned over a large pot and found her inside, surrounded by her webbing.
Of course I wanted to use the pot.. so I did the soft thing and turned it back over again. I'll just have to find something else to put my plants in.
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I just found info on the Tube Web Spider, and think that that is what this is. Per The Natural History Museum, :
Body size =Female to 22 mm; male to 15 mm.
Originally a native of southern Europe as far east as Georgia. Known as a 'tube-web', it occupies a hole or crevice and has trip-lines radiating out. First recorded in the UK 1845. Colonies remained local (usually close to southern ports) until the 1990's when a considerable expansion began."
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