Help ID a spider please

Taegmar · #1 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 06:54 AM

Hi all. I found this spider inside my house and I've never seen the likes of one before. I'm by no means a spider expert, not particularly keen on playing with them either. That said, I don't kill them and prefer to release them in the garden. But this chap is very striking and unusual. I do have plenty of detailed photos of him but not sure how to post them here yet.

He's about 8mm in length with a very large, tear-drop shaped back side. His overall colour is white-green and his backside has a large, blood red stripe that is almost the full width of him.

Currently, he resides in a sealed Ferero Rochet box in my dining room until I know what I want to do with him.

I know that these descriptions are very weak, but I do have lots of close pictures. Any one have any ideas of his species please?

**edit** I posted up some pictures of him somewhere on here. Not sure how the site is laid out yet, but they've got my name to them. :P

Action_Man · #2 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 10:13 AM

Hi and welcome to the WAB forums.

What you have appears to be Enoplognatha(sp) and possibly E. ovata.

It would be more at home in your garden on some bush or low vegetation

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Taegmar · #3 (**permalink**) 07-07-2009, 12:03 PM

Thank you very much Action. I've the perfect spot for him. I do feel a bit sorry for him as he has lost one of his legs and keeps stumbling as he walks along the ground.

Doesn't seem to have affected his webbing though, fortunately.