Tiny spider for ID if possible

[Toby]

only 2.5mm max, on a bamboo plant in Kew SW London, midday. Seems to have caught a midge. I accidentaly knocked it off the leaf but it climbed back up to its meal by its safety line.

[Venger]

Looks like a Dictyna sp at a guess.
Are there any dead plants around - that's usually were they like to build webs?

[Action_Man]

I think it would be a good idea to have a separate Gallery for unidentified micro-spiders. There are lots of Linyphiidae, and others that just get discarded in the unidentified Gallery ...

[Action_Man]

This is an example, one i found today, around 2mms.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Venger

Looks like a Dictyna sp at a guess.
Are there any dead plants around - that's usually were they like to build webs?

Nope, a well maintained space at work.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Venger

Looks like a Dictyna sp at a guess.
Are there any dead plants around - that's usually were they like to build webs?

markings on abdomen look the same as the D.arundinacea female illustd in the Collins Field Guide, mine is a male though I think.

[Venger]

Dictyna arundinacea was what I was thinking, but you know the rest (can't say for sure withouy epigyne or palp...)
Pop over here to see the web I was asking about?

Dictyna arundinacea photos and info

[Toby]

found another today, again just a small shapeless web across the top of a bamboo leaf. Photo shows the palps a bit better.

[Venger]

But not the right bits
When you examine palps you really need a microscope.