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EVAN JONES { 159 images } Created 14 Jan 2015

Evan is a biologist-photographer with a life-long enthusiasm for spiders.
His detailed knowledge informs his photography, enabling him to portray the fascinating behaviour of these diverse and astonishing animals in their characteristic habitats. His many cut-out images aim to show a high level of detail and distinctive features to aid identification.
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  • Palpimanus gibbulus - female. Has recently become well know as a very spider-hunting spider that can kill other fierce ground living spiders as large as itself. It has a very tough integument that resists the bite of its prey.
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  • Pardosa palustris - female with egg sac. A common wolf spider found hunting on the ground in arable fields and other more natural, open, grassy habitats.
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  • Pelecopsis nemoraloides - male. This little money spider is confined to coastal habitats such as dunes and spiins a small sheet web in the litter layer.
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  • Uroctea durandi - female. A large and unmistakable spider found on the underside of rocks in the Mediterranean. It lives inside a sturdy white domed web, hunting fom apertures at its edges.
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  • The Mediterranean Scorpion - Mesobuthus gibbosus. Common under stones usually in drier habitats in the Eastern Mediterranean. Like all buthid scorpions they should be treated with caution as they have a potent sting.
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  • Oonops domesticus - female. A tiny spider that can be found in houses but also outdoors under bark and in leaf litter. It is often found living in the webs of larger spiders.
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  • Oonops domesticus - female. A tiny spider that can be found in houses but also outdoors under bark and in leaf litter. It is often found living in the webs of larger spiders.
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  • Dipoenas tristis - female. This rare species (Na) hunts in grass and heather on heathlands in Southern England and feeds on ants.
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  • Drapetisca socialis. An unusual linyphiid species adapted to life on the vertical surfaces of tree trunks in sheltered woods. It is easiest to find on Beech trees in the late summer and autumn.
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  • Drapetisca socialis - female. An unusual linyphiid species adapted to life on the vertical surfaces of tree trunks in sheltered woods. It is easiest to find on Beech trees in the late summer and autumn.
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  • Drapetisca socialis. Constructs a highly unusual web appressed to the bark of a tree trunk. Careful scrutiny of this image shows the web which in life is effectively invisible, so much so  that for a long time it was thought that Drapeticsca did not build a web.
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  • Drapetisca socialis. An unusual linyphiid species adapted to life on the vertical surfaces of tree trunks in sheltered woods. It is easiest to find on Beech trees in the late summer and autumn.
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  • Blue-throated Keeled Lizard or Dalmatian Algyroides - Algyroides nigropunctatus - male. The most abundant lacertid in Corfu. This male is in display colours in his territory along a wall in an olive grove.
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  • Arctosa leopardus - female. A medium sized wolf spider inhabiting the ground layer in a wide range of damp habitats such as saltmarshes, ditch margins, and lowland bogs.
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  • Cobweb Beetle larva - Ctesias serrais. On cobweb of Tegenaria. Protected by its long hairs against the spiders whose cobwebs it frequents looking for the dry remains of insects left by the spiders. It is a relative of the well known Woolly Bear Carpet Beetle larvae.
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  • Cobweb Beetle larva - Ctesias serrais. Protected by its long hairs against the spiders whose cobwebs it frequents looking for the dry remains of insects left by the spiders. It is a relative of the well known Woolly Bear Carpet Beetle larvae.
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  • Cobweb Beetle larva - Ctesias serrais. Protected by its long hairs against the spiders whose cobwebs it frequents looking for the dry remains of insects left by the spiders. It is a relative of the well known Woolly Bear Carpet Beetle larvae.
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  • Alopecosa barbipes - male. A boldly marked,largish wolf spider found on open heaths and grey dunes.
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  • Marpissa nivoyi - female. A jumping spider adapted to hunting on grass stems. It is a rare spider most often occurring amongst Marram Grass on sand dunes.
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  • Libelloides macaronius. An Owl Fly common in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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  • Lepthyphantes tenius - female. This species is a very common hammock web builder in undergrowth in all sorts of lowland habitats.
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  • Hypsosinga pygmea - female. The commonest Hypsosinga although actually an uncommon spider. It spins its orb web on field layer grasses on heaths and downland.
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  • Clubiona neglecta - female. A fairly common spider in open habitats such as dunes, It is a nocturnal hunter being spun up in a cell during the day.
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  • Clubiona neglecta - female. A fairly common spider in open habitats such as dunes, It is a nocturnal hunter being spun up in a cell during the day.
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  • Bathyphantes gracilis - female. Abundant everywhere in grass and undergrowth, this small spider builds a hammock web, usually close to the ground.
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  • Argiope Spider - Argiope bruennichii - female. Once rare and confined to a few places on the south coast, this species is now common in southern Britain. It inhabits long grass with perennial herbs and scrub in all sorts of habitats.
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  • Pelecopsis nemoraloides - male. This little money spider is confined to coastal habitats such as dunes and spiins a small sheet web in the litter layer.
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  • Pelecopsis nemoraloides - male. This little money spider is confined to coastal habitats such as dunes and spiins a small sheet web in the litter layer.
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  • Segestria florentina - Female. Our largest Segestriid and only found locally in southern Britain. It lives in silk tubes in walls and it's large size and iridescent green jaws are intimidating.
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  • Trichopterna cito - male. A very rare RDB2 spider that only occurs in a few coastal locations in South East England on dunes and shingle.
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  • Trichopterna cito - male. A very rare RDB2 spider that only occurs in a few coastal locations in South East England on dunes and shingle.
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  • Tetragnatha montana - feamle. Not so tied to wet habitats as T. extensa. It is locally common and found building orb webs in bushes and trees.
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  • Tetragnatha obtusa - female. Most often found spinning its orb web on the foliage of trees on the edges of woodland. It has a dumpier body than most tetragnatha species.
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  • Thanatus striatus - male. Found on or near the ground in open, warm grassy habitats such as dunes and lowland heath.
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  • Tibellus oblongus - female. A species of running crab spider that is adapted to life in grass tussocks. Their long bodies can lie along leaves and stems so that the spiders are hard to sdetect.  Tibellus oblongus is the commoner of the two species in the UK ocurring in all sorts of open tussocky habitats.
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  • Xysticus kochi - female. A large crab spider found in open dry habitats. It is very similar to the commoner Xysticus cristatus but tends to be darker in colour.
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  • Xysticus lanio - female. Occurs mainly in the south-eastern half of Britain. It hunts in woodland canopy.
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  • Xysticus lanio - male. Occurs mainly in the south-eastern half of Britain. It hunts in woodland canopy.
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  • Ozyptila praticola - female. One of the small Ozyptila crab spiders that inhabit the litter layer but also climb vegetation epecially at night. This species is fairly common in a range of open habitats in southern Britain.
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  • Philodromus albidus - female. Smaller and paler than most other Philodromus species. It hunts on the foliage of woodland trees in southern Britain.
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  • Philodromus aureolus - male. A common running crab spider found on trees and bushes everywhere.
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  • Philodromus dispar - female. Probably the commonest running crab spider in Britain and is found hunting on trees and bushes in gardens, hedgrows and woodlands. The black and white male is distinctive.
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  • Philodromus dispar - male. Probably the commonest running crab spider in Britain and is found hunting on trees and bushes in gardens, hedgrows and woodlands. The black and white male is distinctive.
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  • Heliophanus flavipes - feamle. A common jumping spider in open sunny situations. It hunts on the ground and on low plants.
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  • Heliophanus flavipes - feamle. A common jumping spider in open sunny situations. It hunts on the ground and on low plants.
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  • Herpyllus blackwalli - female. Common inside houses and is most often seen hunting on walls and ceilings at night.
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  • Lathys humilis - female. A tiny spider that is found building tiny mesh webs on the leaves of trees and bushes in southern Britain.
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  • Nigma puella -female. A small but prettily marked spider that builds mesh webs on the upper surface of leaves of bushes and trees. It is a local species only occurring in southern Britain.
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  • Diaea dorsata - female. Superbly adapted arboreal crab spider that hunts in the foliage of trees and is widespread in the southern half of England and Wales.
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  • Drassodes lapidosus - female. Our largest Gnaphosid ground spider. It is found in gardens and a range of open habitats hunting at night and spun up in a white silk cell during the daytime
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  • Euophrys frontalis is possibly the commonst jumping spider in Britain but is not often noticed. It is found at ground level in all sorts of open sunny habitats.
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  • Euophrys frontalis - female. Possibly the commonest jumping spider in Britain but is not often noticed. It is found at ground level in all sorts of open sunny habitats.
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  • Gibbaranea gibbosa - Female. Cryptic in colour and behaviour but is found frequently in southern Britain on trees and bushes. It is by far the commonest two humped orb web spinner.
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  • Gibbaranea gibbosa - female. Cryptic in colour and behaviour but is found frequently in southern Britain on trees and bushes. It is by far the commonest two humped orb web spinner.
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  • Araneus angulatus - female. A large summer maturing orb buider that is uncommon in the south of the UK. It builds orb webs in scrub and woodland. Often the webs are high up and strung across large gaps in the vegetation canopy.
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  • Araneus angulatus - female. A large two humped summer maturing orb buider that is uncommon in the south of the UK. It builds orb webs in scrub and woodland. Often the webs are high up and strung across large gaps in the vegetation canopy.
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  • Arctosa perita - female. A specialist burrowing wolf spider found on sand dunes and other sandy habitats such as heaths and even spoil heaps. It is superbly camouflaged to match the open sand in its habitat.
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  • Ballus chalybeius - female. A squat little woodland jumping spider that hunts on the foliage of trees especially Oak.
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  • Buzzing spider - Anyphaena accentuata - female. Found in the trees and shrubs in woodland hunting at night amongst the foliage. It is widespread in southern Britain. The male vibrates his abdomen during courtship making a buzzing sound.
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  • Pardosa nigriceps - Male. A common wolf spider in open habitats but is very often found hunting off the ground up in field and scrub layer vegetation.
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  • Philodromus fallax - Female. A remarkable running crab spider that is adaped perfectly to life on mobile sand on dunes. It is almost invisible on bare sand in habitat.
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  • Tibellus oblongus - Male. Tibellus species are running crab spiders that are adapted to life in grass tussocks. Their long bodies can lie along leaves and stems so that the spiders are hard to sdetect.  Tibellus oblongus is the commoner of the two species in the UK ocurring in all sorts of open tussocky habitats.
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  • Xysticus kochi - Female. A large crab spider found in open dry habitats. It is very similar to the commoner Xysticus cristatus but tends to be darker in colour.
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  • Xysticus lanio - Male. This species of Xysticus crab spider is unusual in that it is found most frequently in the canopy foilage od woodland trees. It is typically a more dark reddish spider than othe Xysticus species
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  • Zora spinimana - Female. A common hunting spider in tussocks of grass in the litter layer and is generally common. The pale brown body matches the colours of dead grass.
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  • Nereine montana - Female. This common large Linyphiid builds sheet-like hammock webs in low bushes but is usually hidden in a reteat until nightfall. It is adult in early summer.
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  • Neriene peltata - Female. A Linyphyid hammock- weaver that constructs webs in trees and tall bushes in woodland.
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  • Nesticus cellulanus - Female. A cave spider found in wet, shady habitats.
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  • Nuctenea umbratica - Female. A large nocturnal orb weaver that is adapted to hide in crevices on tree trunks during the day but is found out in its strong web at night. It is a common spider also living on fences and walls.
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  • Pardosa monticola - Female. A wolf spider typical of open dry grassland habitats on  dunes, downland and heath. It is local but often abundant where it occurs.
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  • Gibbaranea gibbosa - Female. Cryptic in colour and behaviour but is found frequently in southern Britain on trees and bushes. It is by far the commonest two humped orb web spinner.
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  • Gnathonarium dentatum - Female. Common in wet habitats spinning a small hammock web low in dense vegetation.
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  • Gongylidium rufipes - Female. One of the larger Linyphiid "money spiders"and is very common on trees and bushes where it spins a small hammock web.
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  • Larinioides cornutus - Female. A common spider and is most often found building its orb web on grasses near water.
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  • Linyphia hortensis - Male. A small but common hammock-web spider and spins a web low in the field layer in woodland.
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  • Clubiona brevipes - Female. Darker in colour than other Clubiona species. It is common as a nocturnal hunter in the woodland canopy and can also be found amongst the leaves of tall shrubs in gardens.
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  • Clubiona phragmitis - Female. Strongly associated with reeds and sedges in wetland areas where it hunts through the foliage.
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  • Clubiona stagnatilis - Male. Hunts in the litter layer of wetland areas but is only locally common.
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  • Diaea dorsata - Male. A superbly adapted arboreal crab spider that hunts in the foliage of trees and is widespread in the southern half of England and Wales.
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  • Drassodes cupreus - Male. A large nocturnal ground-living hunting spider. It is common on heaths and dry grasslands as well as in gardens.
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  • Alopecosa pulverulenta - Female. A common wolf spider found on open ground of many sorts. Alopecosas are more substantial spiders than the more abundant Pardosa species and more strikingly marked.
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  • Alopecosa pulverulenta - Female - A common wolf spider found on open ground of many sorts. Alopecosas are more substantial spiders than the more abundant Pardosa species and more strikingly marked.
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  • Clubiona comta - Female. A smaller spider than Clubiona corticalis but has a similar dark pattern on the abdomen. It is a common spider living in leaf litter and in trees and bushes hunting through the vegetation at night.
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  • Crustulina sticta - Female. Crustulinas are very small spiders that build an insubstantial scaffold webs very low in vegetation. They have a warty cephalothorax.  C. sticta is found in moist habitats but is uncommon and is Notable b.
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  • Dysdera crocata is a common and distinctive spider found in gardens, around buildings and on disturbed ground. It is a methodical nocturnal hunter with huge fangs
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  • Dysdera erythrina - Female. A methodical nocturnal hunter with huge fangs found in natural coastal and heathland habitats and is a little smaller and darker than the almost identical but more common Dydera crocata.
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  • Dysdera erythrina - Female. A methodical nocturnal hunter with huge fangs found in natural coastal and heathland habitats and is a little smaller and darker than the almost identical but more common Dydera crocata.
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  • Heliophanus cupreus - Male. One of the two common mainly black Heliophanus jumping spiders found in sunny places hunting on the ground or on low plants.
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  • Linyphia hortensis - Female. A small but common hammock-web spider that spins a web low in the field layer in woodland.
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  • Metellina merianae. A common orb spider occupying shady microhabitats in all sorts of places. It is usually nocturnal, hiding away from its web in the daytime.
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  • Pardosa amentata - Female. Possibly the commonest wolf spider in gardens and occurs widely in many habitats especially in slightly damp areas.
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  • Pardosa hortensis - Female. Occurs on sparsely vegetated ground in a range of habitats.
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  • Pardosa pullata is a very common wolf spider especially on open tussocky grassland often abundant in damper areas.
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  • Pardosa saltans - Male. The commonest wolf spider found on sunny areas of the leaf litter in woodlands in southern Britain. The male is active in spring and early summer.
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  • Pardosa saltans - Male. The commonest wolf spider found on sunny areas of the leaf litter in woodlands in southern Britain. The male is active in spring and early summer.
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  • Pardosa saltans - Female. The commonest wolf spider found on sunny areas of the leaf litter in woodlands in southern Britain.
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  • Xysticus cristatus - Male. The commonest of the Crab Spiders. The males are much smaller that the females.
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  • Zelotes apricorum - Female. One of our all-black Zelotes species with a patchy distribution but mostly occurring on the ground in dry open habitats. They move very fast and are hard to catch.
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  • Zora spinimana is a common spider that hunts through grass tussocks. The yellow-brown colour matching dead grass leaves.
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  • Daddy Longlegs Spider - Pholcus phalangoides - Male. The common "Daddy Long Legs" spider found indoors in the southern half of Britain.
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