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09-10-2010, 04:03 PM
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| | | Does anyone know what species of spider this is?
Hello, earlier on today me and my mum found this spider on our patio door! I googled, but couldn't find any images that looked like it.
Admittedly, I am in France not Britain, so this may be a French species  but I could only presume there was a spider expert on here or that this particular species is around in the UK too!
The image makes it look big, but in fact it was about the same size as a 2p! It was also 'flat' (i.e. didn't have them bendy arched legs that say, house spiders have). http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/..._2781404_n.jpg <<< Photo Bucket link to the photo
Hope someone can identify it! 
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09-10-2010, 04:27 PM
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| | | Re: Does anyone know what species of spider this is?
It looks like Micrommata virescens. This is mainly confined to the South of England when found over here, thought there is an old record For Grass Woods near Grassington.
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09-10-2010, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi  It looks like Micrommata virescens. This is mainly confined to the South of England when found over here, thought there is an old record For Grass Woods near Grassington. | Agree it looks like this. I saw my first one some years ago in a moth trap at the Kingcombe Centre in Dorset + saw several last year in the Weald in East Sussex. They really are stunning looking spiders. |
09-10-2010, 08:43 PM
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| | | Re: Does anyone know what species of spider this is?
Ahh thanks you two  Google imaged it and it was most definitely that! 'Green Huntsman Spider' seemed to be the common name. I can only presume they are related to Huntsman? Also, do they get big? You are right Aeshna5, I am fairly arachnophobic, but it was a very pretty spider! |
11-10-2010, 06:11 AM
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| | | Re: Does anyone know what species of spider this is?
But green huntsman spiders don't build webs, do they? This one seems to be sitting in the middle of an orb web (judging by the spiders' posture)...
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11-10-2010, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by frits_b But green huntsman spiders don't build webs, do they? This one seems to be sitting in the middle of an orb web (judging by the spiders' posture)... | The first post says "on our patio door", so I don't think it is on a web. Bright green spiders are not common, I stick with the first ID.
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11-10-2010, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Meta menardi The first post says "on our patio door", so I don't think it is on a web. Bright green spiders are not common, I stick with the first ID. | Ah, it's on a glass surface, I missed that. That explains a whole lot. I agree with M. virescens then too ;-)
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13-10-2010, 09:58 AM
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| | | Re: Does anyone know what species of spider this is?
Quite a nice find, described by Roberts as "rare in the North, uncommon in the South". They don't come under the umbrella of Lycosidae - Wolf spiders, our native huntsman, but are the single species found here in the family Heteropodidae, many foreign 'Huntsman' being in this category. In many lists M. virescens will still be found in the Sparassidae or Eusparassidae family over here.
Distribution Map for Micromata virescens The Updated Distribution Maps - British Arachnological Society
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