Spider of the Day

[nikolai_avenger]

Hmm, the 'jizz' and eye arrangement don't 'look right' for Drassodes, but then again the 'jizz' doesn't look right for Scotaphaeus either. I see a fair few Scotaphaeus and have studied them quite extensively (in a very amateur kind of way, I hasten to add). I like to think I can tell a Scotaphaeus when I see one and this doesn't look right somehow, therefore by process of elimination I will throw my hat into the Clubiona/other ring (as it were).

Cheers. Nik.

[MattPrince]

Originally Posted by nikolai_avenger

I will throw my hat into the Clubiona/other ring (as it were).

Cheers. Nik.

Wouldn't clubiona have a broader eye arrangement than this beast?

Originally Posted by Andrew C

Just been marshalled by Matt into posting my images of an Araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus

and Andrew - thanks ! That's a very pretty spider.

[UB4 gardener]

theridion tinctum/blackwalli on my lounge ceiling

[Africa]

Originally Posted by nikolai_avenger

Hmm, the 'jizz' and eye arrangement don't 'look right' for Drassodes, but then again the 'jizz' doesn't look right for Scotaphaeus either. I see a fair few Scotaphaeus and have studied them quite extensively (in a very amateur kind of way, I hasten to add). I like to think I can tell a Scotaphaeus when I see one and this doesn't look right somehow, therefore by process of elimination I will throw my hat into the Clubiona/other ring (as it were).

Cheers. Nik.

Could it be an immature Scotophaeus?

[wilippa]

Suspected Clubiona sp on my bathroom wall this Saturday morning. Sorry no photo and by the time I got back from London on Monday night, he/she had scarpered... so you only have my word for it!

[nikolai_avenger]

Originally Posted by Africa

Could it be an immature Scotophaeus?

It could well be. Consider the following:

1) Matt's comment about the eye arrangement of Clubiona being broader, which upon further and closer inspection, seems to rule out Clubiona for your spider, and;

2) My use of the words 'very amateur' when describing my own knowledge in my previous post.

Cheers. Nik.

[MattPrince]

Originally Posted by nikolai_avenger

My use of the words 'very amateur' when describing my own knowledge in my previous post.

Me too Nik...

Thats why it took me a while to work out what this was...




Figured it was a juvenile meta/metellina but it wasnt till I read Roberts description of merienae that the penny dropped.. quick bit of web research and I am fairly confident this is metellina meriena var. celata.

[diggleken]

Hi,
I didnt realise there was this thread, so I'm so pleased - and if you missed it from earlier, here's my spider of the day, Cave spider, Meta menardi, found when emptying a dark and wet septic tank in the visitor centre at Dovestones RSPB reserve in the pennines.
I was just lucky...............
[url=http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/pictures/showphoto.php?photo=107097][/url
Cheers
Ken

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by diggleken

Hi,
I didnt realise there was this thread, so I'm so pleased - and if you missed it from earlier, here's my spider of the day, Cave spider, Meta menardi, found when emptying a dark and wet septic tank in the visitor centre at Dovestones RSPB reserve in the pennines.
I was just lucky...............
[url=http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/pictures/showphoto.php?photo=107097][/url
Cheers
Ken

It was my brother, not me.

[MattPrince]

Well after a 'rachnid packed weekend (wasn't meant to be, but its hard NOT to look, even when you're meant to be lichenizing or chilling with the missus), including pachygnatha clerki, another metellina merianae var. celata (I thought that var. celata was rare?), g. gibbosa, and what I suspect is a male diplocephalus species, this little fella popped out of a clump of dead bracken and instantly made me exclaim..

Arrrrrrrr!



Apologies about the typically foggy pictures ~ currently I'm using my phone jammed up against the eye-piece of my scope and what looks OK on the phone screen, typically looks naff on the big