Spiders (araneae)

• Money spiders (Linyphiidae)
  • Bathypantes sp.
  • Lethyphantes minutus (Linnaeus)
  • Linyphia sp.
  • Microlinyphia impigra
• Orb weavers (Araneidae)
  • Garden spider (Araneus diadematus)
  • Nuctenea umbratica
  • Zygiella x-notata
• Daddy-long-legs Spiders (Pholcidae)
  • Pholcus phalangoides
• Comb-footed spiders (Theridiidae)
  • Steatodea bipunctata
  • Enoplogatha ovata
  • Enoplognatha sp.
• Sac spiders (Clubionidae)
  • Clubiona sp.
  • Clubiona corticalis (Walckenaer)
• Long-jawed orb weavers (Tetragnathidae)
  • Tetragnatha montana
  • Tetragnatha extensa (?)
• Jumping spiders (Salticidae)
  • Zebra spider (Salticus scenicus)
• Stone Spiders (Gnaphosidae)
  • Drassodes lapidosis/cupreus
  • Mouse spider (Scotophaeus blackwalli)
• Nursery-Web Spiders (Pisauridae)
  • Wedding-present spider/ Big Wolf Spider (Pisaura Mirabilis)
• Sheet-web and Funnel-web spiders (Agelenidae)
  • Agelena labyrinthica
  • Tegenaria gigantea Chamberlin & Ivie=duellica Simon/ saeva Blackwall
  • Tegenaria domestica (Clerck)
• Wolf spiders (Lycosidae)
  • Pardosa nigriceps (Thorell)
  • Pardosa palustris (Linnaeus)
  • Pirate spider (Pirata sp.)
  • Arctosa leopardus (Sundevall)
• Crab spiders (Thomisidae)
  • Philodromus dispar (Walkenaer)

Garden Spider Araneus diadematus (Clerck) - dorsal view

(23 September 2006)

Araneus diadematus (Clerck.)- young adult female - ventral view.

(4 September 2005)*

Araneus diadematus (Clerck.) - male- ventral view

(13 July 2006)

Spiderlings of Araneus diadematus (Clerck). These were all huddled together in a ball until I disturbed them

(6 June 2005)

Steadodea bipunctata (1 May 2005)

Tegenaria Gigantea (a cobweb spider) found in the kitchen sink. The body of this specimen measured 15mm, with the legs spanning 50mm.

(6 June 2005)

Tegenaria Gigantea. Closeup of the spider above left.

(6 June 2005)

Related Links

• The International Society of Arachnology
• Spiders of NW Europe
• Arachnologia - the study of Arachnida
• Central Eurpoean Spiders - Determination Key
• Nick's Spiders
• Families of Spiders Represented in the British Isles
• CBP Information Centre - Zoology - Arachnids
• CBP Information Centre - Zoology - Spiders (aranea)
• The Arachnology Home Page
• Al-Spiders Web
• The Spiders of Wiltshire

References

Field Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe

Michael J Roberts

Published by Collins, London, 1995

ISBN 0 00 219981 5