Who's killing Tegenaria + ids

col188 · #1 (**permalink**) 18-09-2009, 06:40 PM

Who's the culprit in killing my resident Tegenaria, is it a bigger Tegenaria, or is it my resident Scotophaeus blackwalli.
Two down in one night, the bathroom one and the conservatory one.
I've seen the Mouse Spider in both locations......... but the bathroom still has a live Tegenaria........ and I've just seen the Mouse Spider in there.

Very unusual, as I don't see either species around the house very often.

Think the window ones id is Zygiella x-notata....... Don't know the other.

The Garden spider I liked, thought a caption might be. "Come in ........ I've been waiting"

Col

Action_Man · #2 (**permalink**) 18-09-2009, 07:41 PM

Those Tegenaria are dessicated, they spend too much time running around looking for love, i saw a male the other day crawling slowly across my carpet, and at 1st i thought where is its abdomen, it dident even have the strength to run away from me

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col188 · #3 (**permalink**) 18-09-2009, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Action_Man

Those Tegenaria are dessicated, they spend too much time running around looking for love, i saw a male the other day crawling slowly across my carpet, and at 1st i thought where is its abdomen, it dident even have the strength to run away from me

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All used up chasing the women eh!

Still looking for ids..... pretty please

Col

Action_Man · #4 (**permalink**) 18-09-2009, 10:15 PM

The last one is a Common Garden Spider, the one before its is a Crab Spider.

Thats a far as i`m going

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No.9 Spider · #5 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 09:20 AM

Yes they're just old worn out male Tegenaria sp., death from natural causes. The crab spider looks like a male Xysticus species and the last before the Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) is Zygiella x-notata.

No.9 Spider