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  • Coelotes terrestris - Female. A large, silk tube dwelling, forest floor  Amaurobiid spider found under logs and in the litter layer of woodlands in the south- centre and south-east of England. Notable b.
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  • Theridion balckwalli - Adult female. Small Theridiid spider. An uncommon species found mainly around buildings.
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi - Female. Now frequent in southern counties of Britain on grassland in brown field sites, heathland, road verges, and coastal grassland.
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  • White Mulberry Morus alba (Moraceae) HEIGHT to 15m<br />
 Deciduous tree with a narrow rounded crown on a broad bole, to 2m across. BARK Heavily ridged and grey, sometimes tinged pinkish. BRANCHES Shoots are thin, with fine hairs at first; buds are minute, brown and pointed. LEAVES To 18cm long, oval to rounded with a heart-shaped base and a hairy, grooved petiole up to 2.5cm long. Feel thin and smooth, and have a toothed margin, with downy hairs on veins on underside. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Female flowers stalked, spike-like and yellowish. Male flowers on slightly longer spikes; whitish with prominent anthers. Fruit comprises a cluster of drupes; white or pink at first, ripening purple. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of E Asia, grown here occasionally. COMMENT The leaves are the foodplant for silkworms.
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi
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  • Comb-footed Spider - Enoplognatha ovata
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  • Araneus marmoratus pyramidatus
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  • spider web and dew
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  • White Mulberry Morus alba (Moraceae) HEIGHT to 15m<br />
Deciduous tree with a narrow rounded crown on a broad bole, to 2m across. BARK Heavily ridged and grey, sometimes tinged pinkish. BRANCHES Shoots are thin, with fine hairs at first; buds are minute, brown and pointed. LEAVES To 18cm long, oval to rounded with a heart-shaped base and a hairy, grooved petiole up to 2.5cm long. Feel thin and smooth, and have a toothed margin, with downy hairs on veins on underside.  REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Female flowers stalked, spike-like and yellowish. Male flowers on slightly longer spikes; whitish with prominent anthers. Fruit comprises a cluster of drupes; white or pink at first, ripening purple. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of E Asia, grown here occasionally. COMMENT The leaves are the foodplant for silkworms.
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi
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  • Zygiella atrica - Female on orb web.
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  • Cylciosa conica. Araneidae. Woods hedgerows and scrub. Spider fixes remains of prey and other items in a vertical line stabilimentum to disguise itself.
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  • Araneus quadratus - Orb Web. This spider specialises in large insects in the field especially grasshoppers.
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi<br />
female guarding egg sac
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  • Comb-footed Spider - Enoplognatha ovata
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  • Spiders Web on Autumn Morning
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  • Araneus marmoratus pyramidatus
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichii
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  • Orb Spider's web
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  • harvestman with mites<br />
Mitopus morio
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  • Crab Spider - Misumena vatia with silver ground carpet
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  • White Mulberry Morus alba (Moraceae) HEIGHT to 15m<br />
Deciduous tree with a narrow rounded crown on a broad bole, to 2m across. BARK Heavily ridged and grey, sometimes tinged pinkish. BRANCHES Shoots are thin, with fine hairs at first; buds are minute, brown and pointed. LEAVES To 18cm long, oval to rounded with a heart-shaped base and a hairy, grooved petiole up to 2.5cm long. Feel thin and smooth, and have a toothed margin, with downy hairs on veins on underside.  REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Female flowers stalked, spike-like and yellowish. Male flowers on slightly longer spikes; whitish with prominent anthers. Fruit comprises a cluster of drupes; white or pink at first, ripening purple. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of E Asia, grown here occasionally. COMMENT The leaves are the foodplant for silkworms.
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  • White Mulberry Morus alba (Moraceae) HEIGHT to 15m<br />
Deciduous tree with a narrow rounded crown on a broad bole, to 2m across. BARK Heavily ridged and grey, sometimes tinged pinkish. BRANCHES Shoots are thin, with fine hairs at first; buds are minute, brown and pointed. LEAVES To 18cm long, oval to rounded with a heart-shaped base and a hairy, grooved petiole up to 2.5cm long. Feel thin and smooth, and have a toothed margin, with downy hairs on veins on underside.  REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Female flowers stalked, spike-like and yellowish. Male flowers on slightly longer spikes; whitish with prominent anthers. Fruit comprises a cluster of drupes; white or pink at first, ripening purple. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of E Asia, grown here occasionally. COMMENT The leaves are the foodplant for silkworms.
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  • Neoscona adianta - Adult female. An uncommon orb weaver.
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  • Orb-web Spider - Zygiella x-notata - with damselfly prey
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  • Garden Spider In Web - Araneus diadematus
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  • SPIDER'S WEB
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  • Common Cross Spider - Araneus quadratus
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  • Garden Spider - Araneus diadematus
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  • Garden Spider - Araneus diadematus<br />
in web
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  • Garden Spider - Araneus diadematus
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  • Four-spot Orb Weaver - Araneus quadratus
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  • Spider's Web
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  • MOTH LARVA SUSPENDED BY SILK
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  • Segestria florentina - Female. Our largest Segestriid and only found locally in southern Britain. It lives in silk tubes in walls and it's large size and iridescent green jaws are intimidating.
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  • Segestria florentina - Female. Our largest Segestriid and only found locally in southern Britain. It lives in silk tubes in walls and it's large size and iridescent green jaws are intimidating.
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  • Clubiona corticalis. A common spider typically found in silk sacs under bark on tree trunks. It is one of only a few Clubionas with a strongly patterned abdomen.
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  • Drassodes lapidosus - female. Our largest Gnaphosid ground spider. It is found in gardens and a range of open habitats hunting at night and spun up in a white silk cell during the daytime
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  • WAVED SILK-MOSS<br />
PLAGIOTHECIUM UNDULATUM
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