Crab Spider - Misumena vatia

    Family - Thomisidae
    Genus - Misumena
    Single UK species.
    A rather pretty Crab Spider. They sit in Flowers and ambush visiting insects.
    They are able to slowly change colour, depending on which flower they inhabit.

    Female
    Dulwich
    28.05.2011

Larinioides cornutus

    Family - Araneidae
    Genus - Larinioides
    Five European species.
    These Spiders spin an Orb Web, often found close to water,
    including the sea, on grasses and reeds. A relative of the common Garden
    Spider - Araneus diadematus

    Larinioides cornutus
    'A common spider of long grasslands, especially near wetland areas.'
    Confirmed by Peter Harvey of the British Arachnological Society.
    Cuckmere Haven
    25.05.2011




   Larinioides cornutus 
   Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex
   29.03.2011

    Nesting in the rushes around the pond
    Burton Mill Pond
    West Sussex
    22.04.2011

    Larinioides cornutus
    Stanmer Park, Brighton
    25.07.2011

 

    Pevensey Marshes

    Sussex Wildlife Nature Reserve
    East Sussex
    20.08.2011

    Wildlife Nature Reserve
    Tattershall Road
    Lincolnshire
    17.09.2011
 
    Cuckmere Haven

    24/05/2010

Phaeocedus braccatus

    Family - Gnaphosidae
    Genus - Phaeocedus
    Single UK species.

    A new find for me! It's a Male Phaeocedus braccatus
    He found me, noticed him crawling on my arm.
    I thought he was an Ant at first. Quite a rare Spider.
    Confirmed by Peter Harvey of the British Arachnological Society.
    Cuckmere Haven
    25.05.2011
    Click HERE for Spider Recording Scheme summary of Phaeocedus braccatus.

Mangora acalypha

    Family - Araneidae
    Genus -  Mangora
    Single Species in the UK. Spins an Orb Web.

    This Spider was living on the edge of a mass of silk,
    covering a Gorse bush which was crawling with thousands
    of what looked like Spider mites. (See next two photos)

    Kings Standing
    Ashdown Forest
    31.05.2011

    Living on Heather hanging over a gulley.
    King's Standing
    Ashdown Forest
    21.05.2011

    Sydenham Hill
    Dulwich Wood
    London
    14.09.2011

Achaearanea lunata

    Family - Theridiidae
    Genus - Achaearanea

    Male
    Living approx. 1.5m above ground on a fence with
    a leafy retreat, near a pond.
    Thanks to Peter Harvey of the British Arachnological
    Society for confirmation of this species.
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    20.04.2011