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 Another Small Spider to ID.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 29-03-2009 02:22
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Size about 3mm...Found in my greenhouse. Is it possible to put a name to such a plain looking spider? Regards Roger Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [64.59Kb] Edited by Roger Thomason on 29-03-2009 02:23 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 29-03-2009 10:25
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7338 Joined: 19.11.04 |
It's immature - the glassy, transluscent legs are a give-away. One of the arachnologists might suggest a genus (my guess is Tegenaria), but don't wait up for a species! 
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 30-03-2009 07:26
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Tony Yes it looks like a juvenile T.domestica, I'll keep an eye on where it has set up shop. There is an Amaurobius fenestralis lurking about 1 metre along the staging who might eat it, if not I'll see what it grows up to be, and post a photo.....how long till it's an adult? Regards Roger Sorry for delay in replying...We were promised an internet superhighway....ended up with a hill track with no passing places.....it's been off again 
Edited by Roger Thomason on 30-03-2009 07:28 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 30-03-2009 19:19
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14381 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Roger! Roger Thomason wrote: Yes it looks like a juvenile T.domestica I don't think so. T. domestica normally has more clearly banded legs (difference to T. atrica). But I am not sure if that is also true for such small spiderlings...
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 03-04-2009 11:48
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Juergen...I don't know how I managed to miss your post, just spotted it today. This is all academic now as far as this little spider is concerned. It is no more . She who must be obeyed has been giving the greenhouse a spring clean. T.atrica hasn't been recorded in ShetlandRegards Roger Edited by Roger Thomason on 03-04-2009 11:52 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-04-2009 19:08
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
forget about spiderlings... unless you have the "mother" near  |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 03-04-2009 19:13
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Jorge long time no hear....don't some of these have the "mother" as a first meal? |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 03-04-2009 19:29
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14381 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Roger! Roger Thomason wrote: T.atrica hasn't been recorded in Shetland Maybe. If I remember correctly, you have (at least on the British mainland) Tegeneria gigantea there. But that is so similar to T. atrica that some specialists think, they are only forms of the same species or at most different subspecies. What I wrote regarding T. atrica also is true for T. gigantea. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 03-04-2009 19:35
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Hi Juergen...Yes we have T.gigantea here, also T.saeva. Regards Roger |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-04-2009 19:36
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Roger Thomason wrote: Hi Jorge long time no hear....don't some of these have the "mother" as a first meal? there are some spiders that eat their mother.... for example, in eresid spiders. They are beauties, but "suckers." |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 03-04-2009 19:42
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Suckers? I'd love to carry on this conversation Jorge...but I'm going out for a couple of pints and a game of snooker  . |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-04-2009 19:43
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
pints = beers? EDIT: I see! We call it Imperial , like a way to "measure" the quantity of beer (imperial is the biggest measure . The smallest is called : FINO. )
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 03-04-2009 19:46 |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 03-04-2009 19:46
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Pints = Newcastle Brown Ale, or Belhaven mmmm. Edit..Not a lot of people know that. (Jorge) With apologies to Michael Caine..who never uttered these words. Edited by Roger Thomason on 04-04-2009 00:48 |
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