| Probably a
fairly common spider of trees and bushes, Araniella
opisthographa is during the Spring and Summer
throughout the Sherwood Forest NNR. There are several
other similarly coloured species in the UK, of which one
(Araniella curcurbitina) is found commonly in
Nottinghamshire and is visually identical to this
species. While both species might be classed as common, opisthographa
seems to be the less common of the two. When
checking mature females, curcurbitina out-numbered
opisthographa by 5/1. |
