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Sunday, 30 January 2011

Spiders web

Probably one for Bruce.

I have been observing a spiders web the last few weeks.
its in the corner of my shed door and looks like a garden spiders (orb). The
spider itself hides in the corner and is much smaller than a garden spider and marked differently.
it has been present in very cold weather and appeared to be new each morning. It has not been seen for the past week.
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  1. Bruce30 January 2011 at 15:25

    Hi Sue
    The spider is no doubt Zygiella and is in the same genus as the garden spider.

    The web is an "orb" with two segments missing. That segment has a line from the centre to the spiders retreat and is characteristic of that species. I also have found them active throughout the winter.

    See: http://wiki.britishspiders.org.uk/index.php5?title=Zygiella_x-notata

    And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygiella_x-notata for a picture of the web.

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