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03-03-2011, 10:29 PM
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| | | can anyone identify this species?
can anyone identify this species?
my friend said this came out of her dryer! so she got her nan to catch it and put it out in the street! but it looks pretty scary to me, nothing iv seen before.
found in the north east of england.  |
03-03-2011, 10:43 PM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nottingham
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| | | Re: can anyone identify this species?
Looks like some sort of orb weaver to me. |
03-03-2011, 10:59 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Romford, Essex
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| | | Re: can anyone identify this species?
Looks like walnut orb web spider - Nuctenea umbratica  |
03-03-2011, 11:04 PM
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| | | Re: can anyone identify this species?
lookd pretty good, althought not as big as what it looks, or what my friend said, but i supose girls exagerate the size of spiders!
seems like its a good suggestion, i really thought theres no way it could be native looking like that! neither did anyone else we've showed! |
04-03-2011, 09:40 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cheshire and North Wales
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| | | Re: can anyone identify this species?
Nuctenea umbratica is a nocturnal species and is not seen as often as the other orb weavers. They hide in daylight hours, in small crevices on fencing panels and posts or similar habitats, hence their 'flattened' bodies. They spin a typical orb web except the spiral threads are typically widely spaced in comparison to other orb spinning species.
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