Garden spider

[PhilR]

http://www.taliesyn.info/diadematus.jpg

Garden spider - Araneus diadematus wrapping up prey. Proves that it sometimes really IS sunny in North Wales :D

[Tarantula]

Nice pic!

When I was in Denmark afew years ago I found a very large gravid female of this species. She was about 2-2.5" in legspan. Her body was easy 1" in lenght... :)

[Gigas]

Proves that it sometimes really IS sunny in North Wales :D

It better be, i may go to Uni up there...
As Niklas says, they can potentially get massive, but the bloody birds keep eating the ones inmy garden!

[PhilR]

Nice pic!

When I was in Denmark afew years ago I found a very large gravid female of this species. She was about 2-2.5" in legspan. Her body was easy 1" in lenght... :)

Thanks. It was just a quick snap on a Canon Ixus as I just happened to see it wrapping prey when I was walking past :)

They can certainly get big, and there seems to be many more of them about here this year. Mind you it has been uncommonly warm.


It better be, i may go to Uni up there...
As Niklas says, they can potentially get massive, but the bloody birds keep eating the ones inmy garden!

LOL. We had a huge one last year with a massive web in between our wheelie bin and the wall of the house. I spotted it in the car headlamps when I was parking one night. It was a lighter colour than this one, but a lot bigger!

Where were you thinking of studying Gigus?

[Gigas]

Ive quite a list but Up in north wales Bangor looks nice

[Jay]

Still cant bring myself to look at that picture Mary BUT.... I did something really brave today, yup I took a close up of a, erm, sort of garden/house spider, you's lot will know what it is. But I am really pleased with myself cos I didnt freak out screaming when it bungy jumped from it hidey hole in the corner of the window.
I must admit when it hit the window sill & started to run I bashed it with a newspaper,sorry

[Mary]

OOOOOOHHHHH brave Jay:eusa_whistle: :dance:

[Gigas]

Jay... it was a very nice looking spider, i currently have an A. diadematus living in my kitchen, originally my mum wanted it out but its eating all the daddy longlegs' so it can stay :D

[PhilR]

Still cant bring myself to look at that picture Mary BUT.... I did something really brave today, yup I took a close up of a, erm, sort of garden/house spider, you's lot will know what it is. But I am really pleased with myself cos I didnt freak out screaming when it bungy jumped from it hidey hole in the corner of the window.
I must admit when it hit the window sill & started to run I bashed it with a newspaper,sorry

Well done about the pic Jay, not so sure about the newspaper though :D


Ive quite a list but Up in north wales Bangor looks nice

Well if you make it to Bangor, I'll buy you a pint :D