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Zebra spider

(Latin: Salticus scenicus) Some spiders do not spin a web but hunt their prey actively. These include the hunting spiders, and the zebra spider which is quite a small representative of this group can often be seen on the walls of a house, especially if the sun is shining. The spider’s behaviour changes when a […]

Zygiella x-notata

Spiders can build their webs in several different ways depending upon the species, but for most people a true spider’s web will always be one of the elegant, circular, so- called orb webs, as spun by, for instance, the Common garden spider. Zygiella x-notata is a smaller orb-web spider which is very common in the […]

Common house spider

(Latin: Tegenaria domestica) This is one of the largest spiders found in Europe, and it also occurs in many other parts of the world. The body alone may be as much as 1 cm long and the long legs can give a span of 5-6 cm. This spider can be found in all sorts of […]

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