Friday, 8 May 2020

A tale of two spiders!

My bathroom is playing a blinder at the moment, attracting all sorts of creepy-crawlies in recent weeks. Today was no exception. I couldn't decide what the small spider climbing up the wall was as it didn't look quite like the usual ones I get. I put it on Facebook and an expert identified it as Anelosimus vittatus which is a new species for me! How exciting! It is probably not enjoying my bathroom as it normally builds its web on the lower leaves of oak trees!

Anelosimus vittatus

As if that weren't enough excitement for one day, an hour later, just outside my window, a Running Crab-spider (Philodromus) was scuttling past! Awesome!
Running Crab-spider

No comments:

Post a Comment