Great pictures Crystal. Disappointing nobody has been able to id them on here. Perhaps that's because spiders can be hard to id from a photo alone. A good place to try in addition to here is iSpot, a community dedicated to species id: http://www.ispot.org.uk/
Charles On 28 Aug 2012 13:30, "Me Here" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > This is my first time initiating a post to the discussion. I had a lovely > walk around Brede High Wood 20 Aug, but they are all lovely walks. We saw > a couple of gorgeous jumping spiders that I would love to find out more > about. I know Patrick Roper has done a lot of biodiversity work for the > wood, and thought he or someone might be able to help me ID these. > > One of them is a yellow & black, I believe its a male. It has been > suggested as Evarcha falcata, for which there are no records in the area on > NBN Gateway. Possibly its just under recorded as in reading about its > habitat, sounds like sweeping and banging trees is the best way to find it. > This one however was just along the path low to the ground on bramble. > Jumping Spider > 1<http://www.flickr.com/photos/c-rayz/7874602160/in/photostream> > > The other one is smaller, and unfortunately I was only able to get a > couple snaps before it was scared away buy a inquisitive dog...lol > Jumping Spider > 2<http://www.flickr.com/photos/c-rayz/7879431546/in/photostream> > > We also saw several Devil's Coach Horse Beetles in a few different areas, > which was a real treat. Brede seems full of them. > > Please let me know if the links don't work, I wasn't sure which would be > best, links or attachments. > Thank you for any help > Crystal > [email protected] >
