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Identifying animals on our land
Ants, Bees and Wasps Beetles Bugs Butterflies Crickets and Grasshoppers Crustaceans Flies
Mayflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies Moths Spiders Amphibians and Reptiles Birds Mammals
Spiders - 1830 UK species
Family: Agelenidae - Funnelweb Spiders (14 species)
House Spider - Eratigena duellica
Common in house and outside buildings
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Photographed and first ID 29th August 2024
Labyrinth spider - Agelena labyrinthica
Seen fairly frequently in high webs in bottom hedge in Oak field
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Photographed and first ID 22nd July 2024
Family: Amaurobiidae - Laceweb Spiders (3 species)
Laceweb Spider - Amaurobius similis or fenestralis
Seen once under flagstones by potting shed 2024
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Photographed and first ID 29th August 2024

Family: Araneidae - Orbweb Spiders (31 species)
Cucumber Green Orb Spider - Araniella cucurbitina sensu lato
Seen a few inside leaves of young trees in Oak field and garden
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Photographed and first ID 13th July 2024
Garden Spider - Araneus didematus
Very common all over the land
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Photographed and first ID 29th Augusr 2024
Gorse Orbweb spider - galenatea redii
Spotted daily for a couple of weeks on red willow in Oak field
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Photographed and first ID 23rd March 2025
Marbled Orbweaver - Araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus
Seen a couple of times in Allotment 2024
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Photographed and first ID 14th October 2024
Family: Linyphiidae - Money Spiders (123 species)
Linyphia hortensis (best guess)
Money spiders are very common all over the land
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Photographed and first ID 8th April 2025

Family: Lycosidae - Wolf Spiders (30 species)
Spotted Wolf Spider - Pardosa amentata
Potentially seen a few
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Photographed and first ID 20th July 2024

Family: Pisauridae - Nurseryweb Spiders (3 species)
Nurseryweb spider - Pisaura mirabilis
Common, watched web of eggs hatch (2024) and then later disperse in Oak field
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Photographed and first ID 16th June 2024

Family: Sclerosomatidae - Harvestmen (25 species)
Leiobunum rotundum - male (best guess)
Harvestmen are generally common on the land
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Photographed and first ID 30th July 2024
Leiobunum rotundum - female (best guess)
Harvestmen are generally common on the land
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Photographed and first ID 21st August 2024
Paroligolophus agrestis
Seen occasionally in allotment
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Photographed and first ID 20th September 2024

Family: Tetragnathidae - Long-jawed Orbweb Spiders (14 species)
Orbweb spider - Metellina?
Seen one for a few nights in house (2024)
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Photographed and first ID 29th August 2024
Common Long-jawed Orbweb spider - Tetragnatha extensa
Fairly common, not always able to tell apart
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Photographed and first ID 20th July 2024
Family: Theridiidae - Comb-footed spiders Spiders (58 species)
Episinus angulatus
Seen once
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Photographed and first ID 7th August 2024

Family: Thomisidae - Crab Spiders (27 species)
Flower Crab Spider - Misumena vatia
Seen once on top of fence post in Fruit field
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Photographed and first ID 7th August 2024

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