Natteheks

Eresus sandaliatus
Mariehøneedderkop
Ladybird Spider

One of the, if not the most strikingly gorgeous spiders I have had the good fortune to encounter. It is, unfortunately, quite rare in Denmark. It is mostly too cold and damp, but one of the very few places it lives in Denmark is on the heath, where I spent a lot of my youth.

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Oct 9 at 11:34amWeb
Show threadneville parkOct 9

@Natteheks its cute little CLAWS and FACE and EVERYTHING

even the fangs are cute!!!

Show threadNatteheksOct 9
@nev Deceptively so. They are quite cranky when disturbed, and this one was hankering to show me the business end of those fangs. But still so very cute.
Show threadneville parkOct 9
@Natteheks i would absolutely let it bite me
Show threadNatteheksOct 9
@nev Ouch or Aww.
Why not both?😆
Show threadLasse BeyerOct 9
@Natteheks awesome!
Show threadeswillwalkerOct 9
@Natteheks Wow! It looks like a stuffed animal! It would make a great stuffed animal toy!
Show threadNatteheksOct 9
@ELS Yes!! I would be yelling "Shut up and take my money😂
Show threadEllie KennardOct 9
@Natteheks how wonderful!
It's like a Muppet spider!
Show threadAlice 🐝Oct 9
@Natteheks I love ladybird spiders, apparently there are some in the uk but they’re very rare. I have a memory of finding a black velvety spider in the grass once, I can’t be sure if it was a female ladybird spider but I like to hope it was
Show threadneville parkOct 9
@Alice_Swaggen @Natteheks probably only in Dorset: https://naturebftb.co.uk/projects/ladybird-spider/
Ladybird Spider - Back From The Brink

Ladybird Spiders has now finished – see what the project has achieved here Rediscovered in 1980 in Dorset Typically lay 50 eggs Currently 19 populations in Dorset What is a Ladybird Spider? This is one of our most spectacular spiders, but also one of our most endangered, and it is at risk of extinction in […]

Back From The Brink
Show threadAlice 🐝Oct 9
@nev @Natteheks yeah that’s why I think it probably wasn’t, I don’t know what I saw though because it was black and fuzzy like velvet
Show threadneville parkOct 10
@Alice_Swaggen @Natteheks maybe an amaurobiid? They can be quite dark and velvety
Show threadAlice 🐝Oct 10
@nev @Natteheks I see what you mean, I don’t think it was this tho; I remember it was dark black, chonky and the feet were more rounded and I swear it had those indentations like buttonholes on the abdomen as well. Sometimes I wonder if it was a dream but I remember it so vividly
Show threadneville parkOct 10
@Alice_Swaggen @Natteheks the indentations are called sigilla and many spiders have them! They're attachment points for muscles inside
Show threadAlice 🐝Oct 10
@nev @Natteheks ooh I always wondered what those were thank you
Show threadWTLOct 9
@Natteheks So very pretty!