NatteheksOct 9

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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#ArthroBeauty

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
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@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 […]

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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
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@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
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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