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Tiny Crab spider on the ever vilified Ragwort. 🕷️ 🌱

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July 16, 2024 at 10:08 AM
macrolunchtimes.bsky.social
Walnut Orb Weaver #ukwildlife #UKSpider
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
wsnatureandfossils.bsky.social
So much going on in this shot from last summer. Initially, I spotted the Misumena vatia spider with her prey amongst the thistles. When I got closer I noticed the flies getting in on the act and then the male spider showed up!
#ukspider @britishspiders.bsky.social #macrophotography #ecology
February 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
jammysammich.bsky.social
The common European Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) having a quick meal!

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A close-up view of a common garden spider eating a small fly
July 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
wildlifetoursed.bsky.social
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wildlifetoursed.bsky.social Wildlife Tours East Devon and Mid Somerset 🦡🦊🦦🦎🐍🐛🦟🦋🕷️🐦🇪🇺 @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social · May 10
The Flower crab spider or Goldenrod spider, Misumena vatia, is a master of disguise. They have the ability to change between yellow and white based on their surroundings through the molting process, so the change can take up to 25 days which is why you sometimes find them on the 'wrong' flower.
May 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
robkitbuilder.bsky.social
Armoured long jawed spider #ukspider #spider #entomology #insect #nature
September 15, 2024 at 12:43 PM
wildlifeian.bsky.social
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First Woodlouse Spider of the year
YouTube video by Ian Phillips
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February 4, 2026 at 9:41 AM
nemmyling.bsky.social
Sweet sweet little zebra jumping spider who i believe lives somewhere on my house!! I see her every couple days!
#spider #jumpingspider #ukspider
August 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
applewildlife.bsky.social
I noticed something odd on the back of this Clubiona terrestris’s cephalothorax but I didn’t twig what it was until it had eaten most of the spider’s abdomen, pupated and emerged as a rather lovely Schizopyga frigida. #parasitism. From Cranwich Camp on 21-Mar with @davidnorgate.bsky.social
Male Clubiona terrestris with the larva of the parasitic wasp Schizopyga frigida on its “neck”. The spider is pale brown, darker on the abdomen. #UKspider #UKspiders #arachnid #ecology Palp of the Clubiona terrestris (needed to confirm the species identification). Adult Schizopyga frigida that had eaten the spider’s abdomen when it was a larva. Its head and body of black but the legs and antennae are partly orange. The front and middle legs are almost uniformly orange (a little dark at the apex of the tibia and tarsi, and the orange is paler at the base of each section) but the hind legs are boldly banded dark and pale orange. #UKwasp #UKwasps #parasite #entomology Adult Schizopyga frigida that had eaten the spider’s abdomen when it was a larva. Same insect viewed directly from above.
April 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
applewildlife.bsky.social
#UKSpider folk of BlueSky, do you agree this is Pelecopsis parallela? From mid Norfolk pitfall on 4th/5th April, in ex-arable to be restored to heath. Norfolk records (on NBN Atlas) are restricted to the Brecks so I would appreciate a second opinion from more experienced spider botherers.
Pelecopsis parallela (I think), a tiny black spider with reddish legs. Dorsal view. #Spider Pelecopsis parallela (I think), a tiny black spider with reddish legs. Side view. #Arachnid Side view of the carapace (head) showing a distinctive oblong raised area in the front half. #UKInvert Pedipalp of the Pelecopsis parallela.
May 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM