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10-12-2009, 05:07 PM
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| | | red spiderling for iD
found today by river at Kew  |
10-12-2009, 07:39 PM
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| | | Re: red spiderling for iD
Evening Toby,
It's from the Linyphiidae family. Venger or #9 will be of more help 
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10-12-2009, 11:03 PM
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| | | Re: red spiderling for iD
Yup, right family Jason, its Ostearius melanopygius, they are fairly recognisable with the orange abdomen and black tip.
Oh and not a spiderling, they are quite small 2-2.5+mm
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10-12-2009, 11:05 PM
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| | | Re: red spiderling for iD
thanks for clue; a bit of Googling suggests it might be Ostearius melanopygius, size is right at about 2.5mm
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10-12-2009, 11:09 PM
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| | | Re: red spiderling for iD
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Originally Posted by Venger  Yup, right family Jason, its Ostearius melanopygius, they are fairly recognisable with the orange abdomen and black tip.
Oh and not a spiderling, they are quite small 2-2.5+mm | thanks, beat me to it! |
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| | | Re: red spiderling for iD
Hi
Can any one tell me why orbweb spiders always hang upsidedown in their webs | | |
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