Another little beauty from around our house, The Spitting Spider. This handsome chap bimbles around the house late at night. It gets its name from the fact that it can fire both venom and glue at its prey and its enemies alike. Indeed it even sprays the glue (and presumably the venom) in a zig-zag pattern thereby sticking its opponent to the ground.
I don't know. You're right it does look ghostly. There are a family of spiders called Ghost Spiders, but I'm confident it's not one of them though as they have strong stripes on their carapace.
My best guess (and as guesses go, it's pretty wild) is that it's from the family Anyphaena, of which the Buzzing Spider is the easily the most common UK species. Though these usually have two chevron markings on their abdomen, so it doesn't quite fit. I have seen Anyphaena without the chevrons, can you guess where it is?
I don't know. You're right it does look ghostly. There are a family of spiders called Ghost Spiders, but I'm confident it's not one of them though as they have strong stripes on their carapace.
My best guess (and as guesses go, it's pretty wild) is that it's from the family Anyphaena, of which the Buzzing Spider is the easily the most common UK species. Though these usually have two chevron markings on their abdomen, so it doesn't quite fit. I have seen Anyphaena without the chevrons, can you guess where it is?
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Another little beauty from around our house, The Spitting Spider. This handsome chap bimbles around the house late at night. It gets its name from the fact that it can fire both venom and glue at its prey and its enemies alike. Indeed it even sprays the glue (and presumably the venom) in a zig-zag pattern thereby sticking its opponent to the ground.
My best guess (and as guesses go, it's pretty wild) is that it's from the family Anyphaena, of which the Buzzing Spider is the easily the most common UK species. Though these usually have two chevron markings on their abdomen, so it doesn't quite fit. I have seen Anyphaena without the chevrons, can you guess where it is?
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