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| Araniella sp - Cucumber Spider. Golden egg sac off to the right. |
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| Araniella sp - Cucumber Spider |
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| Araniella sp - Cucumber Spider |
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| Araniella sp - Cucumber Spider |
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| Araniella sp - Cucumber Spider |
Showing posts with label arachnid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arachnid. Show all posts
Thursday, 9 July 2020
Cucumber Spiders
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Lace-webbed Spider
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| Lace-webbed spider - Amaurobius similis(?) |
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
Four-spot Orb-weaver
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| Araneus quadratus - four-spot orb-weaver |
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| Araneus quadratus - four-spot orb-weaver |
I found this four-spot orb-weaver in my bedroom after it stowed-away on my raincoat.
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| Araneus quadratus - four-spot orb-weaver |
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| Araneus quadratus - four-spot orb-weaver |
It's now back in the garden, where it belongs.
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Gomigumo
The gomigumo - rubbish spider - Cyclosa octotuberculata - disguises its presence by arranging the husked carcasses of its prey around it in its web.
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| Gomigumo - rubbish spider - Cyclosa octotuberculata |
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| Gomigumo - rubbish spider - Cyclosa octotuberculata |
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| Gomigumo - rubbish spider - Cyclosa octotuberculata |
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| Gomigumo - rubbish spider - Cyclosa octotuberculata |
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Male Ant Mimic
Here is the male counterpart to the female ant-mimic jumping spider from this previous post. Can you spot the difference?
Saturday, 30 April 2016
Ant Mimic
Here's an ant mimicking jumping spider from japan:
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| Myrmarachne Spp. Ant-mimic Jumping Spider |
And an ant one branch over:
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
More Shiny Silk
Wildlife Wednesday #43
The spiders from last week continue to be out in force on the South Downs. The reflective, icy texture of this slope is entirely down to spider silk.
And here is the same slope in closeup:
The spiders from last week continue to be out in force on the South Downs. The reflective, icy texture of this slope is entirely down to spider silk.
And here is the same slope in closeup:
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Webworks Revealed
Wildife Wednesday #42
Spiders are more numerous and prolific than we might think - it often takes special atmospheric conditions to reveal the true extent of their workings.
This is a grassy field, but it is so heavily festooned with flying spiders' sail-webs that it is hard to see the verdure through the gleaming silk. Hower the same field viewed from any angle other than directly into the sun, would appear to be full of grass and nothing else.
Spiders are more numerous and prolific than we might think - it often takes special atmospheric conditions to reveal the true extent of their workings.
This is a grassy field, but it is so heavily festooned with flying spiders' sail-webs that it is hard to see the verdure through the gleaming silk. Hower the same field viewed from any angle other than directly into the sun, would appear to be full of grass and nothing else.
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
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