ID parade No.16...

[MacV2]

I need specific species here no half arsed attemps...

I'll let you know when/if you get the correct Family or Genus...

Theres no sting in the tail... Or is there ???

[KermitLeFrog]

Arachnid?

[MacV2]

Arachnid?

One bouns smartarse point to Kermi...

Now according to Wikipedia you have to narow that down a tad from ''They comprise over 100,000 named species.''

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid

[KermitLeFrog]

It's an eight legged arachnid...

[Wicky]

Frank's mate...

[MacV2]

It's an eight legged arachnid...

Tsk silly boy... All Arachnid's have 8 legs thats what makes them fall into the catogory Arachnid.

An arthropod (/ˈɑːrθrəpɒd/, from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

Arthropod is the catch all for all creepy crawlies & creepy fliers... But Arachnid is for want of a better words sub speices...

Arthropods have 5 sub devisions

As an example Ants fall in to the same classification as Wasps ... Hymenoptera...but wasps fallinto a sub catagory of Hymenoptera...


Now back to Arachnids...''Greek word ἀράχνη (aráchnē), from the myth of the hubristic human weaver Arachne who was turned into a spider.Spiders are the largest order in the class, which also includes scorpions, ticks, mites, harvestmen, and solifuges.''

So yes its an Arachnid but which one ?

Confused ? You should try doing the feking exams...

[MacV2]

Wicky It's deffinatly not a house spider as we know them but but apparently likes to live around humans thanks to we give them places to hide...Buildings, out buidings, piles of junk ect.ect.

[KermitLeFrog]

As you say 100000 species. I'm more a fly man myself.....

[KermitLeFrog]

Amaurobius similis

[Beef]

I do like a nice spider!
Owned a few over the years, Blondi She measured 12" when she stretched out and her abdomen was bigger than a large chicken egg.....she was a grumpy cow!!!

This was the most colourful I owned, colours were amazing after a moult!

Back to the spider in hand...


Araneus diadematus or European garden Spider?.......What will happen to them after 29th March?!!

[MacV2]

Amaurobius similis

Google that did you ? No It isn't...


Only 99,999 to go...

[MacV2]

I do like a nice spider!
Owned a few over the years, Blondi She measured 12" when she stretched out and her abdomen was bigger than a large chicken egg.....she was a grumpy cow!!!

This was the most colourful I owned, colours were amazing after a moult!

Back to the spider in hand...


Araneus diadematus or European garden Spider?.......What will happen to them after 29th March?!!

Nope & I dont think brexit will affect them too much...

You shoud get together with Alan F. Jones he likes his big hairy spiders...

[MacV2]

As you say 100000 species. I'm more a fly man myself.....

Well try 1000000 different speices than...The spiders have trouble keeping up...

[Beef]

Yeah I had to google the Latin name - I have enough random shite in my head, I don't need funny words like that too

The abdomen doesn't look very healthy - was it alive for the pic or had you squished it?
I'm done - there's a few I think I've narrowed it down to but they vary by sub species so much that unless they are from the same clutch, they can look miles apart.

[alanfjones1411]

I do like a nice spider!
Owned a few over the years, Blondi She measured 12" when she stretched out and her abdomen was bigger than a large chicken egg.....she was a grumpy cow!!!

This was the most colourful I owned, colours were amazing after a moult!



Araneus diadematus or European garden Spider?.......What will happen to them after 29th March?!!

I've got 5 tarantulas at the moment.Fascinating creatures.