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  • Pompilus cinereus attacking Arctosa perita. A spider hunting wasp paralyses a Sand Dune Bear-Spider spider on sand dunes.
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  • Palpimanus gibbulus - female. Has recently become well know as a very spider-hunting spider that can kill other fierce ground living spiders as large as itself. It has a very tough integument that resists the bite of its prey.
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  • Marpissa nivoyi - female. A jumping spider adapted to hunting on grass stems. It is a rare spider most often occurring amongst Marram Grass on sand dunes.
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  • Xysticus lanio - Male. This species of Xysticus crab spider is unusual in that it is found most frequently in the canopy foilage od woodland trees. It is typically a more dark reddish spider than othe Xysticus species
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  • Clubiona comta - Female. A smaller spider than Clubiona corticalis but has a similar dark pattern on the abdomen. It is a common spider living in leaf litter and in trees and bushes hunting through the vegetation at night.
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  • Daddy Longlegs Spider - Pholcus phalangoides - Male. The common "Daddy Long Legs" spider found indoors in the southern half of Britain.
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  • Strawberry Spider - Araneus alsine, Araneidae. Very local spider of wet heathland and woodland rides.
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  • Yellow-Striped Bear Spider - Arctosa fulvolineata. A Wolf Spider specialist of saltmarshes.  It inhabits the upper shore amongst high tideline vegetation and debris. A Biodiversity Acton Plan RDB3 species in the UK as it is very rare and potentially vulnerable.
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  • Steatoda grossa - female. Steatoda grossa with its dark, shiny, globular body is  the most Black Widow-like of our false widdow spiders and it is common in dark corners of houses and outbuildingsin southern Britain. The young female spiders have clear pale forward-pointing chevrons on the dark abdomen which fade as they get larger but are usually still just visible. The spider can deliver a nip but does not have the reputation for causing pain as has Steatoda nobilis.
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  • Steatoda grossa - female. With its dark, shiny, globular body is  the most Black Widow-like of our false widow spiders and it is common in dark corners of houses and outbuildings in southern Britain. The young female spiders have clear pale forward-pointing chevrons on the dark abdomen which fade as they get larger but are usually still just visible. The spider can deliver a nip but does not have the reputation for causing pain as has Steatoda nobilis.
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  • River Bear-Spider, Arctosa cinerea - Female. On river gravel, West Wales. This largest Wolf spider in Britain and is a local specialist on fast flowing rivers Scotland, Wales and Northern England.
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  • Comb-footed Spider - Enoplognatha ovata - with Damselfly prey.
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  • Purse Web Spider - Atypus affinis
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  • Purse Web Spider - Atypus affinis
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  • Crab Spider - Xysticus cristatus
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichii
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  • Common Cross Spider - Araneus quadratus
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  • Swamp Spider - Dolomedes fimbriatus
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  • Water Spider - Argyroneta aquatica
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  • Sea Spider - Nymphon sp.
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  • Sea Spider - Nymphon sp.
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  • Crab Spider - Xysticus cristatus - with ladybird prey
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  • Crab Spider - Misumena vatia
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  • Purse Web Spider - Atypus affinis
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  • Crab Spider - Misumena vatia - with Meadow Brown
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  • Nursery-web Spider - Pisaura mirabilis
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  • Orb Spider's web
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  • Pardosa lugubris - a species of Wolf Spider
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  • Cave Spider - Metellina merianae
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  • Lace-weaver Spider - Amaurobius similis
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  • Green Orb-weaver Spider - Araniella cucurbitina
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  • Sea Spider - Nymphon sp.
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  • Early Spider Orchid - Ophrys sphegodes<br />
apochromatic form
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  • Oonops domesticus - female. A tiny spider that can be found in houses but also outdoors under bark and in leaf litter. It is often found living in the webs of larger spiders.
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  • Oonops domesticus - female. A tiny spider that can be found in houses but also outdoors under bark and in leaf litter. It is often found living in the webs of larger spiders.
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  • Tibellus oblongus - female. A species of running crab spider that is adapted to life in grass tussocks. Their long bodies can lie along leaves and stems so that the spiders are hard to sdetect.  Tibellus oblongus is the commoner of the two species in the UK ocurring in all sorts of open tussocky habitats.
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  • Alopecosa pulverulenta - Female - A common wolf spider found on open ground of many sorts. Alopecosas are more substantial spiders than the more abundant Pardosa species and more strikingly marked.
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  • Alopecosa pulverulenta - Female. A common wolf spider found on open ground of many sorts. Alopecosas are more substantial spiders than the more abundant Pardosa species and more strikingly marked.
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  • Orb-web Spider - Zygiella x-notata - with damselfly prey
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  • Cucumber Green Orb spider - Araniella curcurbitina
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  • Comb-footed Spider - Enoplognatha ovata
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  • Comb-footed Spider - Enoplognatha ovata
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  • Diaea dorsata - Male. A superbly adapted arboreal crab spider that hunts in the foliage of trees and is widespread in the southern half of England and Wales.
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  • Fen Raft Spider - Dolomedes plantarius
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  • Heliophanus flavipes - feamle. A common jumping spider in open sunny situations. It hunts on the ground and on low plants.
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  • Euophrys frontalis is possibly the commonst jumping spider in Britain but is not often noticed. It is found at ground level in all sorts of open sunny habitats.
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  • Arctosa perita - female. A specialist burrowing wolf spider found on sand dunes and other sandy habitats such as heaths and even spoil heaps. It is superbly camouflaged to match the open sand in its habitat.
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  • Buzzing spider - Anyphaena accentuata - female. Found in the trees and shrubs in woodland hunting at night amongst the foliage. It is widespread in southern Britain. The male vibrates his abdomen during courtship making a buzzing sound.
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  • Pardosa saltans - Male. The commonest wolf spider found on sunny areas of the leaf litter in woodlands in southern Britain. The male is active in spring and early summer.
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  • Tegenaria silvestris - Female. Found with it's sheet web on forest floor and under stones. It is a small delicate version of the large "House Spider"
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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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  • Common Cross Spider - Araneus quadratus
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  • Hammock Web Spider
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  • Sea Spider - Pycnogonum littorale
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  • Raft Spider - Dolomedes fimbriatus
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  • Garden Spider - Araneus diadematus
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  • Pellenes tripunctatus - male. A jumping spider that is very rare (RDB1) in Britain. It only occurs on a few coastal shingle sites along the South Coast.
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  • Pellenes tripunctatus - male. A jumping spider that is very rare (RDB1) in Britain. It only occurs on a few coastal shingle sites along the South Coast.
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  • Pellenes tripunctatus - female. A jumping spider that is very rare (RDB1) in Britain. It only occurs on a few coastal shingle sites along the South Coast.
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  • Pellenes tripunctatus - female. A jumping spider that is very rare (RDB1) in Britain. It only occurs on a few coastal shingle sites along the South Coast.
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  • Flower Crab Spider - Misumena vatia
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  • Pelecopsis nemoraloides - male. This little money spider is confined to coastal habitats such as dunes and spiins a small sheet web in the litter layer.
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  • Uroctea durandi - female. A large and unmistakable spider found on the underside of rocks in the Mediterranean. It lives inside a sturdy white domed web, hunting fom apertures at its edges.
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  • Arctosa leopardus - female. A medium sized wolf spider inhabiting the ground layer in a wide range of damp habitats such as saltmarshes, ditch margins, and lowland bogs.
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  • Alopecosa barbipes - male. A boldly marked,largish wolf spider found on open heaths and grey dunes.
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  • Hypsosinga pygmea - female. The commonest Hypsosinga although actually an uncommon spider. It spins its orb web on field layer grasses on heaths and downland.
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  • Clubiona neglecta - female. A fairly common spider in open habitats such as dunes, It is a nocturnal hunter being spun up in a cell during the day.
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  • Bathyphantes gracilis - female. Abundant everywhere in grass and undergrowth, this small spider builds a hammock web, usually close to the ground.
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  • Argiope Spider - Argiope bruennichii - female. Once rare and confined to a few places on the south coast, this species is now common in southern Britain. It inhabits long grass with perennial herbs and scrub in all sorts of habitats.
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  • Trichopterna cito - male. A very rare RDB2 spider that only occurs in a few coastal locations in South East England on dunes and shingle.
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  • Trichopterna cito - male. A very rare RDB2 spider that only occurs in a few coastal locations in South East England on dunes and shingle.
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  • Fen Raft Spider - Dolomedes plantarius- spiderling nursery
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  • Fen Raft Spider - Dolomedes plantarius - unstriped adult female
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  • Fen Raft Spider - Dolomedes plantarius- spiderling nursery
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  • Fen Raft Spider - Dolomedes plantarius- spiderling nursery
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  • Wasp Spider - Argiope bruennichi
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  • Xysticus kochi - female. A large crab spider found in open dry habitats. It is very similar to the commoner Xysticus cristatus but tends to be darker in colour.
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  • Philodromus aureolus - male. A common running crab spider found on trees and bushes everywhere.
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  • Philodromus dispar - male. Probably the commonest running crab spider in Britain and is found hunting on trees and bushes in gardens, hedgrows and woodlands. The black and white male is distinctive.
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  • Nigma puella -female. A small but prettily marked spider that builds mesh webs on the upper surface of leaves of bushes and trees. It is a local species only occurring in southern Britain.
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  • Lathys humilis - female. A tiny spider that is found building tiny mesh webs on the leaves of trees and bushes in southern Britain.
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  • Diaea dorsata - female. Superbly adapted arboreal crab spider that hunts in the foliage of trees and is widespread in the southern half of England and Wales.
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  • Euophrys frontalis - female. Possibly the commonest jumping spider in Britain but is not often noticed. It is found at ground level in all sorts of open sunny habitats.
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  • Ballus chalybeius - female. A squat little woodland jumping spider that hunts on the foliage of trees especially Oak.
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  • Pardosa nigriceps - Male. A common wolf spider in open habitats but is very often found hunting off the ground up in field and scrub layer vegetation.
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  • Xysticus kochi - Female. A large crab spider found in open dry habitats. It is very similar to the commoner Xysticus cristatus but tends to be darker in colour.
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  • Zora spinimana - Female. A common hunting spider in tussocks of grass in the litter layer and is generally common. The pale brown body matches the colours of dead grass.
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  • Nesticus cellulanus - Female. A cave spider found in wet, shady habitats.
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  • Nuctenea umbratica - Female. A large nocturnal orb weaver that is adapted to hide in crevices on tree trunks during the day but is found out in its strong web at night. It is a common spider also living on fences and walls.
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  • Pardosa monticola - Female. A wolf spider typical of open dry grassland habitats on  dunes, downland and heath. It is local but often abundant where it occurs.
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  • Larinioides cornutus - Female. A common spider and is most often found building its orb web on grasses near water.
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  • Linyphia hortensis - Male. A small but common hammock-web spider and spins a web low in the field layer in woodland.
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  • Drassodes cupreus - Male. A large nocturnal ground-living hunting spider. It is common on heaths and dry grasslands as well as in gardens.
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  • Pardosa saltans - Male. The commonest wolf spider found on sunny areas of the leaf litter in woodlands in southern Britain. The male is active in spring and early summer.
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  • Pardosa pullata is a very common wolf spider especially on open tussocky grassland often abundant in damper areas.
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  • Metellina merianae. A common orb spider occupying shady microhabitats in all sorts of places. It is usually nocturnal, hiding away from its web in the daytime.
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  • Pardosa amentata - Female. Possibly the commonest wolf spider in gardens and occurs widely in many habitats especially in slightly damp areas.
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  • Linyphia hortensis - Female. A small but common hammock-web spider that spins a web low in the field layer in woodland.
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  • Dysdera crocata is a common and distinctive spider found in gardens, around buildings and on disturbed ground. It is a methodical nocturnal hunter with huge fangs
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  • Neriene clathrata - Female. A common Linyphiid hammock-web spider found in low undergrowth in a range of habitats.
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