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Natural History of Radley
 
Spiders and Mites (arachnida)  
   

Scotophaeus blackwalli photographed 24 December 2005 by B Crowley

Above and left: Mouse spider (Scotophaeus blackwalli) - female

(24 December 2005)

Scotophaeus blackwalli photographed 24 December 2005 by B Crowley
   

Drassodes lapidosus, a stone spider, photographed 19 June 2005 by B Crowley

Stone spider (Drassodes lapidosus/ cupreus)

found in the bath. (19 June 2005)

Pholcus phalangoides, photographed 03 June 2007 by B Crowley

Pholcus phalangoides (03 June 2007)
   

A spider, photographed 04 Sept 2005 by B Crowley

Above and right: Linyphia sp.

(probably L. triangularis) ventral view

Size: 4.5-5.5mm

(4 Sept 2005) *

Web spider, ventral view, photographed 4 Sept 2005 by B Crowley

Inverted closeup of spider on left. (Ventral view)

This spider was photographed hanging upside down in its web, in vegetation, approximately 0.5m from the ground. It is clutching a white mass of some sort in its jaws.
   
 
     
 
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