Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) | ||
A very common spider of trees and bushes, Araniella cucurbitina is abundant during the Spring and Summer throughout the Sherwood Forest NNR. There are several other similarly coloured species in the UK, of which one (Araniella opisthographa) is found in Nottinghamshire and is visually identical to this species. While both species might be classed as common, cucurbitina seems to be the commoner of the two. When checking mature females, cucurbitina out-numbered opisthographa by 5/1. | ||
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Sub-adult Araniella cucurbitina, photographed at Budby South Forest late April 2010 | ||
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Araniella cucurbitina |
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