Unkown Spider for ID please

[Nettle Runner]

Found at Longshaw Estate, Derbyshire 15 March 2009

Your help with an ID appreciated

Les

[wildherbalian85]

im half inclind to say some kind of steatoda

[Jason Green]

I may say an Lace-webbed Weaver, Amaurobius sp....

[Venger]

Yup looks like an Amaurobius spp, most likely A.fenestralis - though without size or epigyne shots I can't confirm.

[Meta menardi]

I am sure that Venger is right, the cribellate web is quite a give away, the dark shiny cephalothorax and the pattern are very good clues.

[Venger]

Don't think I always get things right - I don't.
It could be A.similis, they aren't always associated with houses.

[Jason Green]

The cribellate web and cephalothingy... sorry, I just go by the big black bit and the chevrons on the back !!

Good keys learnt there, thanks

[Dutchess]

*Sighs* it's like another language, isn't it, J?

(Well it is, Latin! )

I bow to these guy's knowledge.

D.

[No.9 Spider]

I'd be tempted to go for A.fenestralis , on this one.



No.9 Spider

[Nettle Runner]

Many thanks for your guidance with this one.
I could not get any face on shots without causing too much disturbance, so had to be satisfied with the rear end.
Still, I thought the distinctive markings would perhaps help towards an ID.
So thats another satisfied customer.
Les