Wednesday 29 September 2010

Wolf Spiders - Alopecosa sp.

    Family - Lycosidae
    Genus - Alopecosa
    Seventeen European species of Alopecosa.
    Thickset legs, sometimes front legs darkened or swollen in males.

    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    17.08.2011
    I think this is Alopecosa (?)
    On the bank of a pond
    Friston Forest
    East Sussex
    16.08.2011
    Hogs Plat Nature Reserve
    Rottingdean
    East Sussex
    16.08.2011
    Alopecosa pulverulenta (Female)
    Many thanks to Peter Harvey of the British Arachnological
    Society Spider Recording Scheme for Id.
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    27.04.2011
    Alopecosa pulverulenta (Male)
    Showing darkened, swollen front legs.
    Alopecosa pulverulenta (Female)
    Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve
    West Sussex
    06.04.2011 
    Female carrying Spiderlings
    Back Garden
    Brighton
    19.05.2011
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    09/10/2010 
     
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    06/10/2010

Friday 24 September 2010

Common Orb Web Spiders - Metellina sp.

    Family -Tetragnathidae
    Genus - Metellina / Meta
    Five European species.
    The male mates with the female only once she has caught prey and
    is busy wrapping it.

    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    27.09.2011


    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    03.10.2011
    Old Lodge Nature Reserve
    Ashdown Forest
    East Sussex
    13.09.2011
    Brighton
    26.09.2011
    Brighton
    12.09.2011


    Found living in a ditch near a marsh/bog.
    Old Lodge Nature Reserve
    Ashdown Forest, East Sussex
    30.06.2011
    Meta merianae (?)
    This one was living in almost total darkness in a Catacomb.
    One of the wooden sheets that seals the catacomb had fallen off so I
    was able to look inside.
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    30.05.2011

    Meta merianae (?)
    Living under a damp log in the woods
    Stanmer Park, Brighton
    27.02.2011
    Meta merianae (?)
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    06.05.2011
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    09.02.2011
    Female
    Back Garden, Brighton
    28/09/2010
    Male
    Back Garden, Brighton
    28/09/2010

     Female
    03/09/2010
    Female
    Woodvale Crematorium/ Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    Lewes Rd, Brighton, East Sussex
    01/09/10

    Female
    Woodvale Crematorium/ Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    Lewes Rd, Brighton, East Sussex
    07/08/2010
    Female
    Stanmer Park, Brighton, East Sussex
    13/08/2010
    Stanmer Park, Brighton
    20/09/2010
    Back Garden, Brighton
    16/09/2010

    I found this dead female in my back garden today so I took
    the opportunity to get extra close-up shots.
    29/10/2010

 
    Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery
    27/09/2010