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| A very common spider of trees and bushes, Araniella curcurbitina 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, curcurbitina seems to be the commoner of the two. When checking mature females, curcurbitina out-numbered opisthographa by 5/1. | ||
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| Sub-adult Araniella curcurbitina, photographed at Budby South Forest late April 2010 | ||
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| UK distribution of Araniella
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 The UK distribution maps on eakringbirds.com are provided by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN Gateway) Each red square on the map indicates species present in 10km grid squares. Updated September 2011 |
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