Wild About The World

Signature Spider - Argiope sp.

black — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 05:54:13 -0500

by: black

Description: Taken at Galle, Sri Lanka Jan 2013

Spider for ID

demicav — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:01:32 -0400

by: demicav

Description: Seen in South Carolina, US For use in forum post http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/forum/insects-and-invertebrates/4730-unidentified-spider-from-south-carolina.html#post18745

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Garden spider missing half its' legs

Suzanne B — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:18:46 -0400

by: Suzanne B

Description: Any ideas what could have happened here?

Garden spider - Araneus diadematus missing half its' legs

Suzanne B — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:18:45 -0400

by: Suzanne B

Description: Any ideas what could have happened here?

Garden spider missing half its' legs

Suzanne B — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:18:43 -0400

by: Suzanne B

Description: Any ideas what could have happened here?

Garden Spider - Araneus diadematus

black — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:38:28 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Dibbinsdale LNR, Wirral, UK Sept 2012

Garden Spider - Araneus diadematus with Hoverfly prey

black — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:46:13 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Freshfield Dune Heath, Merseyside, UK Sept 2012

Autumn Spider - Metellina segmentata

black — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:46:12 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Freshfield Dune Heath, Merseyside, UK Sept 2012

Garden Spider - Araneus diadematus

black — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:43:46 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Blacktoft Sands RSPB Reserve, nr Goole, East Yorkshire, UK Sept 2012

Wolf Spider - Pardosa sp.

black — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:48:51 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Blacktoft Sands RSPB Reserve, nr Goole, East Yorkshire UK Sept 2012

Just not cricket! ........

goosey — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:12:18 -0400

by: goosey

Description: ....and it's not anymore! This poor cricket was wrapped in silk and defensless within seconds of getting caught in the web. Witnessed while mothing in the garden 03-09-2012

Just not cricket! ........

goosey — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:12:17 -0400

by: goosey

Description: ....and it's not anymore! This poor cricket was wrapped in silk and defensless within seconds of getting caught in the web. Witnessed while mothing in the garden 03-09-2012

Common Stretch-spider - Tetragnatha extensa

black — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:25:24 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Potteric Carr NR, near Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK July 2012

Wolf Spider - Pardosa sp

black — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:23:03 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Potteric Carr NR, near Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK July 2012

Paidiscura pallens egg sack

goosey — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:18:59 -0400

by: goosey

Description: I found this strange looking spider egg sack on the honeysuckle, the spider is also in the photo but looks to be smaller than the egg sack? My garden, Noord Holland 21-06-2012

Breakfast!

goosey — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:24:54 -0400

by: goosey

Description: My garden, Noord Holland 31-05-2012 The spider might be a Enoplognatha ovata but tell me if I am wrong. The beetle is possibly Melanotus villosus.

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Striped Stretch Spider - Tetragnatha striata

goosey — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:48:50 -0400

by: goosey

Description: I have no idea about the ID so if any one can point me in the right direction it would be great! NP Zuid Kennemerland, Noord Holland 21-05-2012

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Wolf Spider

black — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:51:00 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Night In the Hidden Valley Private Reserve, nr Monteverde, Costa Rica Jan 2012

Spider - Argiope argentata

black — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:37:42 -0500

by: black

Description: Taken at CATIE (Centro Agron�mico Tropical de Investigaci�n y Ense�anza), Turrialba, Costa Rica Jan 2012

Arrow-shaped Spider - Micrathena sexspinosa

black — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:46:27 -0500

by: black

Description: Taken at CATIE (Centro Agron�mico Tropical de Investigaci�n y Ense�anza), Turrialba, Costa Rica Jan 2012

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Nephila Spider

black — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:46:26 -0500

by: black

Description: Taken in Tortuguero NP, CostaRica Jan 2012

Crab Spider - Gasteracantha cancriformis

black — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:37:46 -0500

by: black

Description: a.k.a. Spiny-backed Orbweaver, Crab-like Spiny Orbweaver Opider, Jewel spider, Spiny-bellied Orbweaver, Jewel Box Spider or Smiley Face Spider Taken in Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica Jan 2012

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Araneus Quadratus - Ladybird spider

Brian Dauncey — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:39:05 -0500

by: Brian Dauncey

Description: For ID and forum post http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/forum/insects-and-invertebrates/4067-possible-ladybird-spider.html Seen in the Aosta Valley, Italy

Signature Spider - Argiope sp.

black — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:06:13 -0500

by: black

Description: Taken at Borobudur, Java, Indonesia Aug 2011

Web

goosey — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:13:28 -0400

by: goosey

Description: NP Zuid Kennemerland, Middenduin, North Holland. 01-10-2011

Unk Spider

black — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:54:53 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken in Sumatra, Indonesia Aug 2011

Signature Spider Argiope sp. With Prey

black — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:50:34 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Lake Maninjau, Sumatra, Indonesia Aug 2011

Spider and prey

goosey — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:59:04 -0400

by: goosey

Description: This spider was attacking a earwig. My garden North Holland 30-06-2011

Spider and prey

goosey — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:59:03 -0400

by: goosey

Description: This small spider had a bug in it's jaws. My garden North Holland 28-06-2011

Spider - Tetragnatha nigrita

black — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:45:04 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Stocks Reservoir, Slaidburn, Lancashire, UK June 2011

Dinner.

scriber — Mon, 16 May 2011 17:23:02 -0400

by: scriber

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basquesteve — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:58:20 -0500

by: basquesteve

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basquesteve — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:54:59 -0500

by: basquesteve

Tibellus oblongus - needs confirmation

lemars — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 03:34:41 -0500

by: lemars

Description: Yellow/gold spider in house in Portugal Dec 2010. Brown stripe down back and about 2 - 3 cm

Dysdera crocata ?

Ratatoskr — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:51:53 -0500

by: Ratatoskr

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"Snow spider"

Drosera — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:11:04 -0500

by: Drosera

Description: I have seen these many times but never photographed them. This was taken 4th November 2010 along a track in a area reserved for walking and skiing. It was minus 10 celcius. I guess that these little guys have some kind of anti-freeze.

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Spider

black — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:16:31 -0500

by: black

Description: Taken at night in Arba Minch, Ethiopia, Africa Nov 2010

My trip 2010

Alan87 — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:43:55 -0400

by: Alan87

Chilean Rose Tarantula - Grammostola rosea

black — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:54:24 -0400

by: black

Description: Martin Mere �Animal Magic� event. Taken at Martin Mere WWT, Lancashire, UK Sept 2010

Nursery Web Spider (f) - Pisaura mirabilis

black — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:49:16 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken at Hay Bridge Reserve, nr Newby Bridge, Cumbria, UK June 2010

Female Micrommata virescens

carainbow — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:11:15 -0400

by: carainbow

Description: Dordogne France June 2010

Anoplius with Female Micrommata virescens

carainbow — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:08:57 -0400

by: carainbow

Description: Dordogne June 2010

Spider Wasp Argiope bruennichi fem.

basquesteve — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:42:20 -0400

by: basquesteve

Description: The male is much smaller

Spider Wasp Argiope bruennichi

basquesteve — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:39:06 -0400

by: basquesteve

Description: Female a little monster

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Woodlouse Spider - Dysdera crocata

black — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:08:13 -0400

by: black

Description: Taken in an extremely soggy Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, UK May 2010

whip spider for ID

sebastianbawn — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:32:31 -0400

by: sebastianbawn

Description: see post http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/forum/insects-and-invertebrates/2371-whip-spider-help.html

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whip spider1

sebastianbawn — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:32:31 -0400

by: sebastianbawn

Description: For ID and post http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/forum/insects-and-invertebrates/2371-whip-spider-help.html

spider 2-arrow-headed?

sebastianbawn — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:30:43 -0400

by: sebastianbawn

Description: For ID and forum post http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/forum/insects-and-invertebrates/2367-3-spiders.html

Walnut Orb-weaver Spider - Nuctenea umbratica

black — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:47:14 -0400

by: black

Description: Female guarding her egg sac on a fence post Taken at Leasowe, Wirral, UK May 2010

Steatoda paykulliana

McCruiskeen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:38:40 -0500

by: McCruiskeen

Description: For confirmation and forum post http://www.wildabouttheworld.com/forum/insects-and-invertebrates/2198-steatoda-paykulliana.html