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"Spider" wrote in message
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| Glen Able wrote in message
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| Dunno if anyone's interested in this sort of thing, but this is just
about
| on-topic...
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| I've just found out about a curious species of spider that has been
| getting
| increasingly common in GCs and glasshouses across the UK in the last
| decade
| (they don't survive in the outdoors here). I've been seeing loads of
them
| in my local GC where they seem to be well established.
|
| They're medium sized, a very distinctive shape, and create orb webs
that
| are
| usually horizontal (although they're only rather distantly related to
our
| familiar garden orb weavers). It seems they've been getting imported
in
| plants and cut flowers.
|
| Some pictures and info he
| http://www.nicksspiders.com/nicksspi...usplumipes.htm
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| Has anyone else spotted these little fellas?
|
| cheers,
| G.A.
|
|
| Hi Glen,
|
| Yes, indeed, I'm very interested in this sort of thing. Unfortunately,
I've
| not yet seen Uloboridae in my local GC. I think I'll complain to the
| manager. Thanks for drawing my attention to Nick's web site - I've
added it
| to my 'favourites' list. Wonderful stuff!
|
| Spider
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And a few pics of it here, that Glen identified ;-)
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=48586342&size=m
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=57468074&size=m

Paul.



Wonderful. Thanks, Paul. I'll be looking out for this spider from now on.
Spider