Lace-weaver Spider (Amaurobius similis)

 

8 April 2022*


8 April 2022 Kirk Lane entrance to park

"Most likely"

Female to 12 mm; male to 8 mm. Distinctive, with a glossy brown carapace and legs and a velvety abdomen with a dark anterior wedge-shaped marking surrounded by cream. It often lives around buildings where it occupies holes in walls, fences, window frames, etc. 

Frequently seen around houses and gardens. These spiders produce a bluish coloured silk around the entrance to holes and crevices on just about every wall you look at.

(Nature Spot)

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