Spiders for ID

[PeterD]

Could someone please help ID these?


Taken 1 Oct 2009. Location Waterlooville, Hampshire


Taken 4 Oct 2009. Location Widley, Hampshire

Thanks

[frits_b]

Hi Peter,

No. 1 is an adult male Metellina; given the date probably M. segmentata.
No. 2 is an Amaurobius, either A. fenestralis, or A. similis. Those two species are hard to distinguish from a photograph.

[PeterD]

Originally Posted by frits_b

Hi Peter,

No. 1 is an adult male Metellina; given the date probably M. segmentata.
No. 2 is an Amaurobius, either A. fenestralis, or . Those two species are hard to distinguish from a photograph.

Thank you frits
Looking up the data on the Amaurobius, would seem that the location favours A. fenestralis rather than A. similis. I found this spider whilst investigating pealing bark from a fallen tree.