Sitticus pubescens

    Family : Salticidae
    Genus : Sitticus

    A new find for me, a beautiful little jumping spider.
    Confirmed by Peter Harvey of the British Arachnological Society
    and the Spider Recording Scheme, as an adult male Sitticus pubescens.

    Paynes Southdown Bee Farms Ltd.,
    Hassocks, West Sussex
    07.05.13

    I found this second, male S. pubescens on a door, he sat in the same place for
    nearly a week!
    Paynes Southdown Bee Farms Ltd.,
    Hassocks, West Sussex
    19.06.13

 

    I spotted this one, much to my surprise, on my outer kitchen wall.

    Brighton, East Sussex

    13.07.13

Clubiona reclusa

    Family : Clubionidae
    Genus : Clubiona

 

    Female Clubiona reclusa - ID confirmed by Peter Harvey of the

    British Arachnological Society and Spider Recording Scheme.

    I found this nocturnal Spider, in her daytime, silken retreat. Fashioned in

    an old, dry, Nettle leaf, in low vegetation, next to a dew pond.

    Jewish Cemetery 

    Brighton, East Sussex

    14.07.13

    

Spiders Calendar 2013

Spiders of Malaysia

    I was very fortunate to meet Lawrence Siow online today.
    Lawrence lives in Malaysia and is a freelance photographer.
    He has very kindly allowed me to post some of his amazing Macro
    photographs of Spiders that he has found.
    I look forward to seeing more of Lawrence's fantastic work!
    More of Lawrence's photography can be seen on his Facebook page HERE.

 

    Ant-mimic Spider

    Myrmarachne sp. ?

 

 

    Jumping Spiders
    Salticidae

 

    I think this beauty is the Malaysian Orange Huntsman

    Thelcticopis modesta

    Sparassidae sp.

 

    Argiope sp. ?

    Batu Pahat
    Johor, Malaysia
    All Photographs copyright Lawrence Siow 2012
    
   

Spiders of India

    My friend Julia Ratcliffe has very kindly allowed me to post this great
    photo of a Spider that she and her partner found "in the State of Megalaya
    next state to Assam in the Tribal regions of India. The wettest place on earth
    is called Cherrepunjee. It is a deep jungle valley with loads of bizarre insects
    there. We were told they find new species there often. We saw loads of these
    strange purple and black wasps about the size of your thumb and loads of
    weird spiders".

    Family : Nephilidae
    Genus : Herennia
    Possibly Herennia multipunctata, known as the Fluted orb weaving Spider.
    Many thanks to Mark Bushell for Id.
    H. multipuncta is an invasive species and is synanthropic, often found in
    houses, gardens, farms, roadsides, garbage dumps.
    Like in the related genus Nephilengys, the much smaller males mutilate and
    sever their pedipalps, which are often found stuck in the epigynum or female
    genital openings. It is suggested that they act as mating plugs to prevent other
    males from mating with the female and thereby ensure the paternity of
    offspring. The males cannot mate subsequently and such "eunuch"
    individuals continue to stay near the female. (Wikipedia)
    Cherrepunjee
    Megalaya
    India
    December 2012
    Photograph by Julia Ratcliffe 
    

Nigma puella

    Family : Dictynidae 
    Genus : Nigma
    I am very happy to have found this Species. Quite uncommon.
    I walked right upto it. 'Very locally distributed in the South of England and 
    Wales. Apparently rare or absent from the rest of the region but recorded
    from Southern Europe, Canaries and Madeira' : Source - Collins Field Guide 
    to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe by Michael J. Roberts.

    Juvenile - about 1.5mm in size!
    The King's Head
    East Hoathly
    East Sussex
    18.09.12
    Nigma puella summary by The Spider Recording Scheme

Neriene sp.

    Family : Linyphiidae
    Genus : Neriene
    Many thanks to Peter Harvey for the information.
    "..looks like Neriene clathrata female or subadult. This is a spider found at
    ground level or with a web close to the ground. Confirmation should require
    microscopical examination, since the genus contains closely similar species,
    leaving aside the possibilitity of European species not yet recorded in
    this country". Peter Harvey BAS

    I found this Spider at ground level, in grass around wooden decking next to a
    pond, approximately 1ft away from a Neottiura bimaculata
    Stanmer Park, Brighton
    12.08.12