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Agelena labyrinthica : A sheet web spider that creates its web close to the ground over low vegetation. The web is connected to a tubular retreat in which the spider awaits its prey. The web itself is not sticky but is a mesh of trip wires which tell the spider when an insect is present. Small insects have great difficulty escaping from the web strands.

Agelena labyrinthica

A sheet web spider that creates its web close to the ground over low v ...

Updated: Oct 25, 2009 1:29am PST

Mangora acalypha : A small fine web spider that remains in the centre of its web awaiting the arrival of prey

Mangora acalypha

A small fine web spider that remains in the centre of its web awaiting ...

Updated: Oct 25, 2009 3:34am PST

LONG JAWED ORB WEAVER (Tetragnatha extensa) :

LONG JAWED ORB WEAVER (Tetragnatha extensa)

Updated: Oct 25, 2009 3:45am PST

Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) :

Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)

Updated: Nov 01, 2009 9:26am PST

Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) :

Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)

Updated: Nov 27, 2009 9:57am PST

Metellina segmentata : These spiders are very variable in colour but the pattern is mostly constant. They create a web with no centre (Orb weaving) which is attached at an angle to various types of vegetation. Common in the spring and autumn.

Metellina segmentata

These spiders are very variable in colour but the pattern is mostly co ...

Updated: Nov 28, 2009 1:16pm PST

Meta Segmantata : Small orb weaving spider. The male has longer legs than the female and late summer-autumn, can be seen near a female's web. When the female grabs and wraps an insect, the male mates with the female as she is pre-occupied. Coulouration and patterns are variable.

Meta Segmantata

Small orb weaving spider. The male has longer legs than the female and ...

Updated: Nov 28, 2009 6:59pm PST

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