http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:32:43 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63190-unidentified-spiders-my-loft.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:50 GMT Hi there, I went to put some stuff in my loft after working away from home for a month. I live on the Wirral, Merseyside. When I got up, there was spider webs all in the eves of the roof and loads of dead house spiders everywhere. I then saw a strange spider It was about the size of a... Hi there,

I went to put some stuff in my loft after working away from home for a month. I live on the Wirral, Merseyside.

When I got up, there was spider webs all in the eves of the roof and loads of dead house spiders everywhere.

I then saw a strange spider

It was about the size of a 1p, smooth,shiny, black with red dots on its back. Its back bit is much bigger than its front bit.

I took some photos which i will try and attach but there not that good, will try to get some better ones, a friend just told me about a macro setting on my camera.

I have only seen three of these spiders one the size of a penny and the others about the size of a 5p.Also it looks like there are egg sacks.

Does anyone have any idea what these are? are they harmless? Should i call pest control or just let them be?

Thanks for your help ]]> Spiders JayWirral http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63190-unidentified-spiders-my-loft.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63157-two-year-old-spider.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:55:47 GMT This small spider has been living in a tube web at the base of a Pitcher Plant in the kitchen for two years. Rarely seen outside of the tube, he's ventured out today in the dim light and I've stuggled to get into a position to photo him without him shooting back into the tube.

This image is highly cropped and poor but there appear to be some long bristles on the hind pair of legs and using my FSC guide am thinking that it could be Amaurobius similus but I'm not convinced.



I would welcome suggestions as to a conclusive ID if possible. Thanks. ]]> Spiders The Woodman http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63157-two-year-old-spider.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63127-spiderlings-hatching-november.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:08:56 GMT Hello, I wonder if anyone can help with a spider query. There has been a spider on the roof of my porch for a couple of weeks now. It is small, about 2 - 3cm long, and dark. I then noticed that there was a small ball of web that it seemed to cling to which I assume is an egg sack. Spiderlings... Hello,
I wonder if anyone can help with a spider query. There has been a spider on the roof of my porch for a couple of weeks now. It is small, about 2 - 3cm long, and dark. I then noticed that there was a small ball of web that it seemed to cling to which I assume is an egg sack. Spiderlings appeared about a week ago. I am confused as I thought that spiders only hatch in the spring and that they all die in the winter? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks ]]> Spiders nature_dawn http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63127-spiderlings-hatching-november.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63115-can-you-identify.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:40:54 GMT I saw this spider today in Sunbury, Middlesex. Its body was about 1 1/4" long and the span was about 2-2 1/2 inches. The colours were more yellow than they look here... the flash bleached it out a bit
Can anyone help me identify it?

Thanks ]]> Spiders peaches71 http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63115-can-you-identify.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63093-nerien-sp.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:21:28 GMT I have been trying to get a match for this Spider, i`m thinking along the lines of Neriene(sp), its not N. clathrata i dont think, although it looks similar the palps are different . Approx 6mms in a door-jam ... Image:... I have been trying to get a match for this Spider, i`m thinking along the lines of Neriene(sp), its not N. clathrata i dont think, although it looks similar the palps are different .

Approx 6mms in a door-jam ...

]]> Spiders Action_Man http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63093-nerien-sp.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63087-tube-web-spiders-yeovil.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:40:24 GMT Hi everyone, I'm b0dge...

I took this photo last year and then, after showing a few people, forgot about it. Until now.

I was having a cigarette outside my back door last night (don't smoke kids, it's not big or clever) and for some reason was looking at the wall, and saw three of the familiar looking holes in the brickwork had black legs poking out of them again. This jogged my memory of this photo, and so I spent a bit of time this morning trying to ID the spider, and as far as I can see, it's a Tube Web Spider (Segestria florentina). It lived (unfortunately, about ten seconds after this picture was taken, my girlfriend hit both creatures with a shoe) in one of the aforementioned holes in a south-facing red brick wall in my house, not far from Ninesprings Country Park in Yeovil, Somerset.

Anyway, I just thought it was an interesting photo, and other people might be interested to see it... :)

]]> Spiders b0dge http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63087-tube-web-spiders-yeovil.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63057-unidentified-spiders-seen-france.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:21:23 GMT Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/511/thumbs/Spider-Mystery-Villette-30_.jpg (http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/showphoto.php?photo=117629) Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/511/thumbs/Spider--Orange-Mystery-Vill.jpg ...



My wife and I recently returned from a trip to Burgundy where I removed a piece of dead bark from a maple tree and these spiders was under the bark.
I would love to know it's identity please.

I suspect the dark one is wolf type.

Thank you Brian. ]]> Spiders brianholland http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/63057-unidentified-spiders-seen-france.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62971-cave-spiders.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:18:43 GMT I think I've got giant cave spiders living in a badger's tunnel under my tool shed and in my log pile. A section of concrete caved in on the path by the shed a couple of weeks ago, and inside the tunnel I could see a large white egg sac hanging by a thread from the roof. It was pure white, about the size of a maltesar, like a cotton wool ball.
When I was gathering logs from the log pile by the shed this morning, I picked up a log with a similar egg sac hanging from it. You could see the eggs inside it so it looks like a viable egg sac, not an old one, and very pure white.
I now have the dilemma of how to keep warm without destroying their habitat. I suppose if they're in the badger tunnels too, then I need not worry about moving the logs? I'll make a sub-pile of any logs with egg sacs, and cover it with tarpaulin. What do you think? ]]> Spiders badgerwatcher http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62971-cave-spiders.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62953-spiders-meeting-circle.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:21:11 GMT A year or so ago myself and a few others were walking home at night and encountered a group of maybe 6-8 spiders stood completely still in an almost perfect circle, facing eachother, in the middle of the pavement. They were dark in colour, just ordinary house spiders I think but quite large,... A year or so ago myself and a few others were walking home at night and encountered a group of maybe 6-8 spiders stood completely still in an almost perfect circle, facing eachother, in the middle of the pavement. They were dark in colour, just ordinary house spiders I think but quite large, perhaps 2-3 inches long.

We were all completely puzzled as to what they were doing. Just yesterday I remembered the inncident and searched it on google to see if I could find an answer but after 30min have had no such luck.

Could anyone here shed any light on the topic as we still completely baffled! :)

Thanks ]]> Spiders Dap http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62953-spiders-meeting-circle.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62944-identify-scary-spider.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:33:32 GMT Hi,

Most people I know just panic and squish spiders, however I like to identify them. This one I have to admit makes me feel quite queasy and I've never seen before.

Anyone know what it is?



At first glance I thought it was a beetle or oversized tick.

Many thanks

Trish ]]> Spiders Trishaxolotl http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62944-identify-scary-spider.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62842-caterpillar-eating-spider.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:35:50 GMT Please could someone identify this small spider photographed feeding on large Atlas caterpillar at Butterfly house in Stratford upon Avon Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/508/thumbs/spider_at_stratford_001.jpg ... Please could someone identify this small spider photographed feeding on large Atlas caterpillar at Butterfly house in Stratford upon Avon

]]> Spiders ann_miles http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62842-caterpillar-eating-spider.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62828-harvestman.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:01:41 GMT Hi, i noticed this big guy in the garden and was wondering if someone could help me with an ID? It has to be the biggest and most colourful harvestman i have ever seen :) Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/508/thumbs/DSC_05781.JPG ... Hi, i noticed this big guy in the garden and was wondering if someone could help me with an ID? It has to be the biggest and most colourful harvestman i have ever seen :)


Cheers
Mark ]]> Spiders Mark3 http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62828-harvestman.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62796-harvestman.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:30:51 GMT I found this harvestman on a headstone in the local cemetery. It had several legs missing. Any ideas about its ID would be welcome. Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/508/thumbs/daddy_super-long_legs.JPG (http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/showphoto.php?photo=117007) I found this harvestman on a headstone in the local cemetery. It had several legs missing. Any ideas about its ID would be welcome.
]]> Spiders Africa http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62796-harvestman.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62702-steatoda-nobilis.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:53:16 GMT Hi to all this is my first post. Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/31/thumbs/today_066.JPG (http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/showphoto.php?photo=116806) Am i correct in thinking this is a steatoda nobilis? Also how big do they get? This one is only about 2/3 the... Hi to all this is my first post.



Am i correct in thinking this is a steatoda nobilis? Also how big do they get? This one is only about 2/3 the size of another one at work, unfortunately i can't catch it to get a decent scale picuture. ]]> Spiders spiderboy13 http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62702-steatoda-nobilis.html http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62655-unidentified-spider.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:20:39 GMT Can anyone ID this spider? Is it native to Britain?
This spider was found in an office in a nursery school in Lancashire. It's body in length is 2 cm and it's leg span is 7 cm.
]]> Spiders Gembob http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/spiders/62655-unidentified-spider.html