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Hainault Forest Website Spiders, Harvestmen and Centipedes |
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17.10.08 Webs in Autumn 12.10.08 |
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CUCUMBER SPIDER Araniella cucurbitina. Female on underside of oak leaf with egg mass. Hog Hill. 5th May 2007.
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SPIDER Tegenaria agrestis. Recent arrival in the area. Found in nest box in Hainault Lodge. 10th December 2006. |
RUSH SPIDER Tetragnatha sp. on a rush by Hainault Lake. Photo: 5th Sept. 2005. |
CUCUMBER SPIDER Araniella cucurbitina Male on oak leaf. Hog Hill. 5th May 2007. |
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Left above: WHITE DEATH SPIDER Misumena vatia Female. On bramble. Often lies in wait on white or yellow flowers. Hainault Lodge. 16th May 2000 Right above: SPIDER with nest and spiderlings. July 2000 |
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| Yellow form of Misumena vatia female on oak leaf with a captured hoverfly |
CROSS SPIDER Araneus diadematus. Abdomen length 13mm. Varies in colour from black to orange. On Turkey oak. 15th Oct. 2006. |
CROSS SPIDER Araneus diadematus. Abdomen length 13mm. Varies in colour from black to orange. On the farm. 11th Oct. 2005. |
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WASP SPIDER Argiope bruennichi female. One of two females seen on Latchford Meadow Abdomen 15mm. Photo: 20th August 2005. |
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| SPIDER Neoscona adiata on grass stem 29th August 2000 HARVESTMAN (Order Opiliones) | ||
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HARVESTMAN (Order Opiliones) Near relative of spiders. Has two eyes, compared to spiders 6-8 eyes. No silk glands or spinners. |
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HARVESTMAN (Order Opiliones) Near relative of spiders. Has two eyes, compared to spiders 6-8 eyes. No silk glands or spinners. |
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| CENTIPEDES (Class Chilopoda) Left: Common Centipede Lithobius forficatus in wildlife garden under woodpile, 11th March 2009. Right: Yellow Centipede Haplophilus subterraneus in rotting timber wildlife garden. 16th October 2008. | ||
