Found this little cucumber spider on the small but growing cherry tree. Very much blending in.
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Cucumber Spider
arachnid
Spiders of 2022
There have been a few more coming out in the last few weeks, occasionally I spot them! Small but very cute.
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Spiders 2022
Spider season is here and today added two more to the few I have seen in the last few weeks. We have a resident noble false widow in the bathroom who keeps watch from the corner at the moment, which is nice. Sort of.
And I opened the curtain to this large specimen this morning. I think its going to be a spider year 🕷
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Little wolf spider
This little dude was quite friendly after his initial shock of having a camera shoved in his face, and came back out for a nosey 😁
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House guest
We have a few house guests that have taken up residence. Two appeared in the utility at opposite ends, but one was having a photogenic moment.
I also rescued a small one out of the bath yesterday and put it on the bathroom fern, so presume that one is still around too. I don’t mind them if they don’t surprise me. And they live if they stay off the floor. My dog has a habit of ‘playing’ with them, which never ends well for the spider.
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Noble False Widow
For days now I have been trying to identify a spider hidden its its home in a hole in the garden wall. I scared it at first with the camera flash, but after a couple of weeks it seemed to be less afraid and stayed put as I tried to see in the hole enough.
I suspected it was a noble false widow but needed a better view (I had posted the above pic on Twitter asking @BritishSpiders for some help, and that was the suggestion with only a limited view, but the white stripe gave it away it seems). Today, I noticed it was a bit further forward, and while I was trying to get a shot some flies landed near and tempted it out.
It didn’t seem to mind me being there, but also didn’t seem that motivated for the food either.
It came out for long enough for me to get a good shot for identification though, so I was rather pleased. Patience paid off (and just happening to be there with my camera in hand, so timing helped).
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