David
Element
Wildlife
Photography
and Digital
Video Images
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Spiders 1
WASP SPIDER Argiope
bruennichi (f)
AGELENID SPIDER Agelena labrynthica (f)
- The rather uncharacteristic
‘right way up’ view of the Wasp Spider
shows the arrangement of the simple eyes and chelicerae
(these house the fangs) quite nicely. This species
may be found in the UK, although this individual was
photographed in southern France. Agelena
labrynthica belongs to the Family
Agelenidae. This spider normally weaves a
sheet-like web in low vegetation. Females lay in wait in
a tube-like tunnel (labrynth) into which any prey items
are dragged once they have been repeatedly bitten and
disabled.
- The illustrations on these
pages merely touch the surface so far as spiders are
concerned. The links shown below will give a much greater
depth and breadth of coverage of these fascinating
creatures. The programme dedicated to spiders in Sir
David Attenborough’s wonderful ‘Life
in the Undergrowth’ series (BBC)
proved to be absolutely compulsive viewing.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- "THE
COUNTRY LIFE GUIDE TO SPIDERS OF BRITAIN AND NORTHERN
EUROPE", DICK JONES, COUNTRY LIFE
BOOKS, 1983. ISBN 0 600 35665 5 (SOFTBACK); ISBN 0 600
35614 0 (CASED)
- "BRITISH
WILDLIFE", BRITISH WILDLIFE
PUBLISHING, ISSN 0958-0956 CONTAINS REGULAR SPIDER
REPORTS
RECOMMENDED WEBSITES:
-> Spiders 1
-> Spiders
2
-> Spiders 3
-> Spiders
4
-> Spiders
5
-> Index,
Common Names
-> Index,
Scientific Names
-> Site Index
-> Home
© David
Element.