Arachnerds

Megabunus diadema

Harvestmen are not Spiders but relatives.

    They belong to the Arachnid order Opiliones.
    Their bodies are fused into one unit.
    Harvestmen have two eyes. They do not produce silk.
    They ambush small insects and will even eat rotten vegetable matter.

Friston Forest
16.03.2011

Nemastoma bimaculatum

Harvestmen are not Spiders but relatives.

Dulwich Woods
11.04.2011

Dicranopalpus ramosus

    Harvestmen are not Spiders but relatives.
    They belong to the Arachnid order Opiliones.
    Their bodies are fused into one unit.
    Harvestmen have two eyes. They do not produce silk.
    They ambush small insects and will even eat rotten vegetable matter.

    Mote Park
    Maidstone
    Kent
    09.09.2011

    With Mite
    Kingley Vale Nature Reserve
    West Sussex
    07.09.2011

    On a gate, heading down to the Sea
    Cuckmere Haven
    East Sussex
    08.10.2011

Larinioides sclopetarius

    Family - Araneidae
    Genus - Larinioides
Velvety appearance makes this Spider distinguishable from other
    four European species. Found near water on bridges, buildings and fences.

   Thanks to Peter Harvey BAS for Id.
   Mote Park
   Maidstone
   Kent
   09.09.2011

    Dulwich Park
    London
    30.09.2011

    Larinioides sclopetarius (?)
    Pevensey Marshes
    Sussex Wildlife Nature Reserve
    East Sussex
    20.08.2011

Larinioides sclopetarius (?)
Found along the Estuary.

Cuckmere Haven
02.08.2011

Tibellus sp.

    Family - Thomisidae
    Genus - Tibellus
    Two UK species. A type of Crab Spider. Elongated appearance.
    Known as Grass Spiders, where they lie in wait and ambush their prey.