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Natural History of Radley
 
Spiders and Mites (arachnida)  
   

Pirate spider, photographed 24 April 2005 by B Crowley, ID by S Gregory

Pirate spider (Pirata sp.) - sub adult male, about 12mm across.

(24 April 2005)

Bathypantes money spider, photographed 11 June 2005 by B Crowley

Bathypantes sp. a money spider, 2.5mm

(11 June 2005)
   

Achaearanea tepidariorum, photographed 11 June 2005 by B Crowley

Zygiella x-notata , making a web on a window pane (11 June 2005)

(More photos of Zygiella x-notata)

Salticus scenicus, a jumping spider, photographed 19 June 2005 by B Crowley

Zebra spider (salticus scenicus)

(19 June 2005)
   

Enoplognatha ovata/latimana, photographed 14 July 2008 by B Crowley

Enoplognatha ovata (possibly latimana)

(This specimen is missing two legs.)

(14 July 2008)

Enoplognatha ovata, photographed 26 June 2005 by B Crowley, ID by S Gregory

Enoplagnatha ovata, attending to its prey caught  in a small web attached to leaf.

(26 June 2005)*

   

Noctenea_umbratica, photographed 03 Sept 2005 by B Crowley

Noctenea umbratica

(03 September 2005)*

Microlinyphia impigna, photographed 17 July 2005 by B Crowley

Microlinyphia impigna - female. Not a very good photograph, but the abdominal markings are distinctive enough for a positive identification.

(17 July 2005)*
     
 
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