Opiliones - Harvestmen Phalangiidae, Oligolophinae Dicranopalpus
ramosus
(on buildings)
Phalangiidae, Phalangiidae Phalangium
opilio Leiobunum
rotundum Araneae - Araneomorphae Cribellatae
(make mesh webs) Dictynidae Dictyna
arundinaceae
(small, on walls) Dysderidae Dysdera
crocata /erithrina
(Woodlouse killers) Segestriidae Segestria
senoculata
(on walls) Pholcidae Pholcus
phalangioides- Daddy-longlegs spider
(in rooms and buildings) Gnaphosidae Drassodes
lapidosus
( on debris) Thomisidae - Crab spiders Misumena
vatia
(females change colour to match surroundings,males brown) Xysticus
cristatus
(Brown near the ground) Oxyptila
spp.
( toad like) Salticidae - Jumping spiders Salticus
scenicus - Zebra spider ( on walls logs etc.)
Heliophanus
cupreus
( small on low plants) Sitticus
pubescens
(on walls) Lycosidae - Wolf spiders Pardosa
spp. ( Amentata and Lugubris ?) (in lane) Alopecosa
pulverulenta
( in open heath) Pisauridae Pisaura
miribilis
( very numerous on herbage) Agelinidae - House spiders and relatives Agelina
labyrinthica
(makes cornucopea webs on gorse etc.) Tegenaria
saeva - Western house spider ( in buildings)
Tegenaria
domestica
(smaller than previous one) Tegenaria
agrestis ? (need a specimen to be sure) Mimetidae - Pirate spiders Ero
spp.
(at least one of poss. three spp. present) Theridiidae - Tangle web spiders Steatoda
grossa - False jockey spider ( outdoors and in sheds)
Theridion
simile
(on open heath)
Enoplognath
ovata
(dry waste ground, prob. widespread) Araneidae - Orb-web spiders Araneus
diadematus - Garden spider (two
year life cycle)
Nuctenea
umbratica - Evening spider (makes new
web each evening)
Aremella
cucurbitina - Green orb spider (needs to be verified)
Zygiella
X-notata
( around or in buildings, makes web with segment missing) Linyphidae - Money spiders Linyphia
triangularis
(abundant in hedges) BACK TO MAIN PAGE
Many thanks to Chris Haes for this list of spiders