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This was only taken on my iPhone, I was repairing some brickwork on a small wall that separates a lower and upper level in my garden. When I took out a couple of broken bricks, out popped this fellow. I had the phone in my back pocket, and he was gone in 30 seconds, so no chance to get the macro lens out. Is this a Woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata )? Looking online it would appear that they are actually a UK venomous spider to humans, but the venom is only going to affect people if they have anaphylactic shock, otherwise it's not significant. I also read that they can vary in colour, in which case I have seen loads in my garden. Apparently if the id is correct, they are more prevalent in the south of the UK.

