Post your Spiders

[Geoff F]

It is amazing how far some spiders can travel by 'floating' in the wind attached to a strip of silk to make a 'sail'.

And the attachment points of some webs can be well away from the actual web. I recently found some with one attachment on my house wall which was 8 ft high while the other end was on a 4 ft bush which actually gave around 10ft between anchor points.

[kris]

Yes they are really fascinating creatures.

This one was about 15ft high, with the nearest trees about 50ft apart,
just staying there high in the sky waiting from some prey to be caught by its web.

[oiseaux831]

Unidentified houseguest. Forgive resolution: he was 30 feet up in the air.

Note: sorry but I am unable to post the photo after upload.

[kris]

Unidentified houseguest. Forgive resolution: he was 30 feet up in the air.

Note: sorry but I am unable to post the photo after upload.

I suppose you did the following steps:

select "Go Advanced"
move down and click "Click Here to Uploads Photos From Your Computer"
browse the picture you want to upload and click "Upload Now"

If everything is ok till here, now you have to select the link that appears and cut/paste the link
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You can check the results by clicking "Preview Post".


Bye
A.

[addickted]

Too Wet for Spiders today!

[grounded]

This spider on the back of a jacket tells me the wearer is in a darts team from a club in Avondale, a suburb known to be the habitat of a large spider. of course it is called the Avondale spider. Sorry to fool you.

[Bobobird]

Haha, good one.

Giant Golden Orb Weaver (Nephila Pilipes).

Big guy + little guy.


Couple of hours later, little guy still there.

[Jims]

This has already become a favourite topic of mine so glad I found this thread.

Here are some of my early attempts, I will be looking to improve the quality in the images.

Just your common old British garden spider.


image by Jimhas7, on Flickr

image by Jimhas7, on Flickr


image by Jimhas7, on Flickr



image by Jimhas7, on Flickr

[Geoff F]

Found this one under a bit of loose bark.





And once disturbed it didn't want to sit there and be photographed; so a couple of quick shots as it scurried off to another crevice.

Probably Amaurobius fenestralis. The fine lace like webbing is typical of that family. They hide in crevices with their web around the entrance waiting for passing prey to come too close.

[Geoff F]

A Harvestman, Phalangium opilio on a Ragwort plant. A bit of late season bright colour.



And a close up.

[Geoff F]

Another Harvestman. Probably Oligolophus tridens female.



About 6 mm body length.

And a close up.



This species has a unique trident like set of sharp tubercles on it's 'nose'.

Unlike true spiders, the harvestman body isn't jointed. They don't have any poison fangs or spin webs and feed from vegetation or insects which are already dead.

A totally safe and friendly creature.

[Bobobird]

Geoff - some great shots there. Very nice...

[kris]

Spider in humid day

[Franci]

Another spider. Genus Lycosa?

[Geoff F]

It certainly could be that family. The pair of eyes situated a long way behind the others does seem likely.

Most of that group in the UK are brownish, but the Alopecosa species are paler.

However, with 80 species of Lycosidae in Europe it will take someone with more knowledge than me to suggest a positive identification.

Plenty of good detail there though.

[Franci]

This little guy was just enlarging its web; it is not so clear but I did not expect silk to appear midair


Then it just went for a walk


and this was its friend

[ucci]

Don't know what this beastie is but I think it is some sort of huntsman. But ours here don't normally have stripes or this sort of body pattern. It was collected in our spider catching jar on an inside wall and then released to the wild.

[Fleshpiston]

Hi Ken,
What size was that one?
Huntsman spiders are wonderful spiders due to the way they can lay almost flat (I think an almost unique trait). It looks like the Banded Huntsman but you will need to confirm that.
Happy Christmas.

[ucci]

Found this one swimming in one of our dog's water bowls. As far as we can determine it is a wolf spider. For those interested.
They are nocturnal ground dwelling rovers. Non aggressive but will fight if provoked. Venomous, non lethal to humans, but can be dangerous to children and the elderly. Size is 1/2 to 1inch in body length. Noted for its 'union jack' pattern on its back.
No harm came to this chap during the shooting session and it was released in to the wild rather than the usual approach to such nasties by Mrs Ucci. Which involves several hefty stomps with her size 6 and a half, steel cap toed, work boot. Mrs Ucci favours the direct approach in these matters, preferring not to waste time messing about with spider catching jars and "all that fol-de-rol," as she puts it.

[pucko]

I'm trying my new C 100macro and found this guy