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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.)
Another Nursery Web Spider, but this time with egg-sac
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A little Crab Spider spotted at Lunt on Sunday.
A family day out...
That's a female Wolf spider with young. This on the other hand is possibly Ungoliant
Actually a Crab spider (Xysticus sp.) only a few mm across on a curled up leaf. These are the same critter.
Just a little one - I think maybe a Common Candy-striped spider - it's just abseiled down and landed on the leaf, although you can't see the strand of silk.
And one of the commonest spiders I see, one of the Long-jawed Orb-weaver species
Best wishes
Hazel in Southwest France
When you see these they always look very dark and it always surprises me how colourful they really are when seen close up. One of the little Wolf Spiders that you see scurrying about on the lawn or patio. If you look carefully you can see my reflection in its eyes! I don't know if the big palps signify a male?