spider id needed please.

crystalfaery · #1 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 12:15 PM

what type of spider do i have here i have been looking at images and the closest i can find i think are perhaps false widow or candy stripe.
i don't want to disturb it to much it is doing a grand job of catching everything that goes near my kitchen window

havn't managed a belly shot yet.

Venger · #2 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 01:14 PM

Hard to say, they aren't the best photos.
Looks more like Zygiella atrica - unusual to find them indoors.

crystalfaery · #3 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 01:36 PM

no the web is wrong and markings to be Zygiella atrica i also looked at Zygiella x-notata as i recently came back from cornwall but again makings and web don't match.
the web looks like a lacey mesh and measures approx2cm x 2cm and goes across the corner of the window. the spier is shiney has a creamy marking in centre of abdomen and a white band around the outside inbetween is a golden brown colour don't think red enough for candy stripe. the spider measures approx 0.5 cm body and 1 cm inc. legs. i will try and get a better pic when it next comes out. it sits behind the web in a kind of attack position.

crystalfaery · #4 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 05:58 PM

Mmmm may be humble pie

web is like that of Neoscona adianta but on closer inspection the markings are quite like Zygiella x-notata.

here are some more pics it is really difficult tp picture because it is such a fast mover.