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Natural History of Radley

 
Spiders and Mites (arachnida)  
   

Zygiella x-notata (male) photographed 23 August 2009 by B Crowley

Male (above) and mature female (right)

Zygiella x-notata

(observed together, 23 August 2009)

(More pictures of Zygiella x-notata)

Zygiella x-notata (female) photographed 23 August 2009 by B Crowley

 

Araneus quadratus, photographed 18 September 2009 by S Calvert Fisher

Above and right:

Araneus quadratus - an orb weaver

(18 September 2009)*

Araneus quadratus, photographed 18 September 2009 by S Calvert Fisher

Araneus quadratus (frontal view)

Amaurobius ferox, photographed 06 February 2010 by B Crowley

Amaurobius ferox, photographed 06 February 2010 by B Crowley

Above and left: Amaurobius ferox - a cribellate spider - male, found in articulo mortis, on conservatory floor.

(06 February 2010)

 

Amaurobius ferox, closeup of palp, photographed 06 February 2010 by B Crowley

Amaurobius ferox: Closeup of right palp (ventral view) of spider photographed above.

(06 February 2010)

Trochosa terricola, photographed 10 April 2010 by B crowley

Trochosa terricola - a wolf spider - male

(on carpet in house, 10 April 2010)

 
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