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Posted By: Anonymous Can someone please tell me what this is? - 9th Mar 2011 2:36pm
My mum encountered it whilst out walking, and none of us know what it is, can someone please help?
Posted By: tedmus Re: Can someone please tell me what this is? - 9th Mar 2011 2:42pm
Garden spider?

http://www.britishspiders.org.uk/html/enquiry.php?page=15
Posted By: Anonymous Re: Can someone please tell me what this is? - 9th Mar 2011 2:49pm
Well I was hoping for a much more exotic answer tease
Posted By: tedmus Re: Can someone please tell me what this is? - 9th Mar 2011 2:52pm
Originally Posted by Bonzo
Well I was hoping for a much more exotic answer tease

Lesser spotted, greater crested, winter garden tiger spider?
wink
Posted By: Anonymous Re: Can someone please tell me what this is? - 9th Mar 2011 2:53pm
Originally Posted by tedmus
Originally Posted by Bonzo
Well I was hoping for a much more exotic answer tease

Lesser spotted, greater crested, winter garden tiger spider?
wink


That'll do me just fine laugh
Posted By: Geekus Re: Can someone please tell me what this is? - 9th Mar 2011 7:17pm
Looks very like a Common Cross Spider. Almost certainly a female - ready to lay lots of eggs!
Posted By: BandyCoot Re: Can someone please tell me what this is? - 10th Mar 2011 2:17pm
Venezuelan banana spider (hope that's exotic enough but I don't think it's right though)

Closest I can get is a 4 spotted orb spider.
Posted By: Avril Re: Can someone please tell me what this is? - 12th Mar 2011 3:58am
I have always known these as common british orb spiders, (shape denotes name) although I may be wrong, however, its rare to see them at this time of year, as usually we see then in abundance in the early autumn. google the pic!!!
Posted By: BandyCoot Re: Can someone please tell me what this is? - 12th Mar 2011 11:59am
Thought the "orb" referred to its web shape, could be massively wrong though. Another one to read up on.

Just read it up, the "orb" does refer to the web shape. There are 40 types of orb spider in UK, so good luck on identing that one. That would be a good project to for a kid during the holidays, "How Many Orb Spiders Can You Find and Ident?"
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