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There's a Moth thread and one for Insects, so I thought maybe one for our Arachnid friends. If there's already a live thread out there, my apologies...
I have plenty of these spiders in the garden, mainly in the hedges. Cross Spider I believe. It wasn't too happy with the camera!
Unicum arbustum haud alit duos erithacos
(One bush does not shelter two Robins)
Zenodotus (3rd Century B.C.)
Something wasn't too scared by the looks of it, as it seems to have lost a couple of legs ... until it next moults anyway.
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Nige Flickr
Seems about time to put another spider or two in here...
I saw this and thought 'hang on, Bluebottles don't sit on egg sacks so what's going on?' Only when I zoomed in did I realise it was sitting on a spider, or rather had been caught by one. Even this close, it isn't easy to see it's actually a spider under there but that's one Bluebottle who won't be trying to get into my kitchen any more.
I think it might be a Crab spider under there.
And I think this might be a Long-jawed Orb-weaver. In reality the body is ca 1cm but it has very long legs so looks bigger! It's from the underside, so the brave can zoom in for a closer look at those ferocious looking fangs!
The little one with the fly is interesting as they change colour to suit the plant they live in (I think) they are certainly a variety of colours. The big one looks good, was it near water? I see them alonside drainage ditches & marshy areas etc
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
Apparently it takes a few days for Crab spiders to change colours, according to the site I looked at, but that's still pretty remarkable. As for the other, well, I live in the NW and with the amount of rain we get you're never far from water :) But you are right, it was a wetland reserve, so pools, ditches, scrapes and brooks all over. This was taken about 15-20 ft away from a small, shallow but permanent pool popular with damsels and dragons.
PS Gone with the common names for spiders, as they often have them(!) and it usually encompasses several closely related species that would otherwise be too difficult to pin down.
Unknown said:PS Gone with the common names for spiders, as they often have them(!) and it usually encompasses several closely related species that would otherwise be too difficult to pin down.
That's fine, it's all easy here! I use latin as it's universal for French & English (but you pronounce it with a french accent here) LOL
I have a 'simply not spider' in my shed ...
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Is it a Harvestmen or Shakeylegs? LOL
Oh dear, I put my sunglasses on upside down
LOL
Yikes!!!!
A very handsome beastie despite the upside down goggles. Only seen one spider so far this year during a rare sunny and warmish spell.