Arachnerds

Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Horse Head Spider - Stemonyphantes lineatus

    Family - Linyphiidae
    Genus - Stemonyphantes
    Single Northern European Species.

Stemonyphantes lineatus
Living under a lone rock
    Southerham, Lewes, East Sussex
    15.03.2011
    Thanks to Gary Bradley of uksafari.com for id.

    Approaching Mount Caburn
    Nr. Lewes
    East Sussex
    04.10.2011

Spiny-leg Spider - Zora spinimana

Family - Zoridae
Genus - Zora

    Zora spinimana
    Living under a lone chunk of chalk on the edge of a field.
    Stanmer 28.03.2011
    Thanks to Gary Bradley of uksafari.com for id.

    '..almost certainly Zora spinimana' - Peter Harvey - BAS
    King's Standing
    Ashdown Forest
    East Sussex
    22.09.2011

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Silk Cell Spiders - Clubiona sp.

    Family - Clubionidae
    Genus - Clubiona
    Found under bark and stones.

Tubular retreat.

Many thanks to Debz Lewis for allowing this Spider to sit on her hand.

    Male
    C. corticalis judging by the Palps (?)
    Extra Mural Cemetery, Brighton
    04.04.12

Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
09.02.2011

Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery

18.02.2011

Juvenile (?)

Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery

25/10/2010

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Daddy Long Legs Spider - Pholcus phalangioides

    Family - Pholcidae
    Genus - Pholcus
    Also known as Cellar or Skull Spiders.
    These Spiders hang upside down in their webs in rooms or cellars.
    I live in a basement flat, they live above my front door and under
    my bathroom sink.
    They shake very fast in their webs if disturbed, to deter predators.
They may look fragile but they can take out large Tegenaria sp.

    Blue Bottle Luncheon
    Brighton, East Sussex
    04.11.2011

    Bathroom dweller
    Brighton
    06.10.2011

Above front door, Brighton

22/10/2010

Above front door, Brighton
10/11/2010

Brighton
27.09.2011

Bear Road Cemetery, Brighton
03.10.2011

Monday, 25 October 2010

Woodlouse Spiders - Dysdera sp.

    Family - Dysderidae
Genus - Dysdera
These six-eyed, nocturnal Spiders have long Chelicerae/ jaws,
    with large fangs capable of catching and eating Woodlice.
    Found in damp but warm habitats, under stones, logs and other debris.