The SPIDER THREAD - post your spiders here.

[Paul Iddon]

Subadult male Neriene montana (one of the Money Spiders which belong to the family Linyphiidae). It is recognised by the dark brown radiating lines on the carapace, a dark-edged brown abdomen with pale mottled sides and annulated legs. This huge family includes over 40% of the spiders found in Britain with over 270 species.

Paul.

 

[Paul Iddon]

2mm in size...

Lepthyphantes sp. (a Money Spider, Linyphiidae).

Paul.

 

[Asher Kelman]

These spiders are extraordinary in their leg stripes and the seemingly massive growth of those clasping jaws!

Are they used when they are overgrown?

At first I thought they were eyes on stalks, thrn they seem to be crutches!

Asher

 

[Paul Iddon]

The jaws grow in line with the spiders growth and can therefore be quite large or small.

In one specie of European spiders the fangs (chelicerae) continue to overgrow - quite literally "long in the tooth" - that being the Neriene montana (featured in other photos above this) and is believed to be quite unique.

Paul.

 

[Asher Kelman]

The jaws grow in line with the spiders growth and can therefore be quite large or small.

In one specie of European spiders the fangs (chelicerae) continue to overgrow - quite literally "long in the tooth" - that being the Neriene montana (featured in other photos above this) and is believed to be quite unique.

Paul.

But how do they still use them when massive?

 

[Paul Iddon]

I've never found out .

 

[Paul Iddon]

Christmas day cellar spiders - boys and girls doing their thing as I watch a late Xmas (Horror) movie! 9 photos for you to enjoy.

Paul.

 

[Asher Kelman]

This fellow is so well imaged and becomes my favorite!

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Beautiful enameled body and surgeon’s eyes!

Fabulous!

Asher

 

[Paul Iddon]

Thank you Asher.

I'm not sure if she is gravid or not - seems to be the wrong time of year for that, but you never know.

Paul.

 

[Paul Iddon]

All photographed around 11pm onwards on the first day of the year...

Paul.

 

[Asher Kelman]

So appropriate to show a “housekeeping” picture for the first day of the New Year!

Asher

 

[Paul Iddon]

Got keep the bedroom tidy Asher, lol..

Paul.

 

[Paul Iddon]

She is tucked up in the top of the bird table at the moment - but she did peep out earlier, and she wasn't cross...

Paul.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Such an intricate and sophisticated organism. I am sure if we studied this lady/fellow’s biology we’d learn a universe of new and useful science. This is something like meeting an extraterrestrial!

Your photography allows us to leave behind reality for a moment and look into another world!

Asher

 

[Paul Iddon]

Missing sector orb spider with her eggs.

Paul.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Beautiful silvery spider!

what is the “missing segment” that names the species?

Asher

 

[Paul Iddon]

Beautiful silvery spider!

what is the “missing segment” that names the species?

Asher

They get their name from the web - usually, an orb spider spins a near-perfect web, but for some reason, this species misses joining some parts of theirs - hence the missing sector.

Paul.

 

[Paul Iddon]

Jumping spider (Salticus scenicus) with a spot of afternoon lunch - an elongate collembola.

Paul.

 

[Paul Iddon]

So after weeks of checking she was OK, my Pholcus phalangioides has finally slimmed down!!!

Paul.

 

[Asher Kelman]

So after weeks of checking she was OK, my Pholcus phalangioides has finally slimmed down!!!

Paul.

Paul,

What post # did you show her previously?

Asher

 

[Paul Iddon]

This one Asher:

2 walnut orb weavers, and a rather gravid cellar spider, and the eye of a fly...

Paul.

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[Paul Iddon]

I have an egg box in the garden (meant to trap opiliones, but it hasn't done) though on my late night jaunt it did attract a candy stripe spiderling.

Paul.

 

[Asher Kelman]

What’s an egg box?

 

[Paul Iddon]

What’s an egg box?

It's a box that keeps eggs in that you buy from the shops. 6 or 12, or 18 eggs in a paper box.

 

[Asher Kelman]

It's a box that keeps eggs in that you buy from the shops. 6 or 12, or 18 eggs in a paper box.

And why is it outside? Is it a lure for insects that can smell the residual scent of the missing eggs?

 

[Paul Iddon]

And why is it outside? Is it a lure for insects that can smell the residual scent of the missing eggs?

I read somewhere that when placed on the soil, some insects will actually go into (under) it. One person said she found 3 dozen harvestmen beneath hers one morning - I was hoping for a few at least, but so far, just a spider...

Paul.

 

[Asher Kelman]

I read somewhere that when placed on the soil, some insects will actually go into (under) it. One person said she found 3 dozen harvestmen beneath hers one morning - I was hoping for a few at least, but so far, just a spider...

Paul.

Perhaps a little protein will invite in the first part of your community!

A tiny fragment of chicken or gravy?

 

[Paul Iddon]

Hahah, I'm not sure a bit of chicken will tempt many insects

 

[Paul Iddon]

My mum-to-be cellar spider, and a Salticus scenicus on the garden fence, both taken today.

Paul.

 

[Asher Kelman]

I never imagine that a mother-to/be spider would catch the eye and be so beautiful.

It already seems so symuccrssful!


Asher