Friday 1 October 2010

Running Crab Spiders - Philodrominae

    Family -  Thomisidae
    Subfamily - Philodrominae
    These Spiders don't make webs but hunt on the run or
    lie in wait to grab passing prey. Fast and agile.
    Male
    Hove
    24.05.12

    Hiding!
    Extra Mural Cemetery, Brighton
    17.04.12

    Lying in wait
    Brighton
    22.04.12

    Male
    Extra Mural Cemetery, Brighton
    30.04.12
    Juvenile Male with prey
    Extra Mural Cemetery, Brighton
    30.04.12

    Extra Mural Cemetery
    Brighton, East Sussex
    25.10.2011
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    03.08.2011

    Philodromus Dispar (Female)
    Guarding her Eggs.
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    09.07.2011
    Juvenile.
    Hove
    10.05.2011
    Philodromus aureolus (?)
    On an old fence, edge of Friston Forest, near Jevington,
    East Sussex
    10.06.2011
    Philodromus Dispar (Male)
    Found this one running across my ceiling
    07.05.2011
    Female sporting a Parasite
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    28.07.2011
   Back Garden, Brighton
   29.04.2011
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    22.03.2011


   "The spider is an immature Philodromus sp., almost certainly
    P. aureolusor or P. cespitum, but these two are not separable,
    even as adults, without examination under the microscope.
    Both are widespread and common".  
    Ian Dawson (BAS) via Gary Bradley from uksafari.com
    Woodvale Crematorium/ Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    Lewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex
    16/06/2010
    Back garden, Brighton
    01/06/2010 
    Amazing chrome-effect look to this one!
    Lullington Heath, East Sussex
    09/06/2010

    Gravid Female
    I think this is a Philodromus (?)

    Cuckmere Haven
    28.07.2010

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