Wasp Spider

[sandersj89]

Don't look if 8 legs scare you!
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Caught this spider on camera today, she was on the side of one of my greenhouses. The body was about 20mm long.

Turns out she is a Wasp Spider, common on Mainland Europe and now it seems in Southern England.



More info at:

http://www.uksafari.com/argiopebruennichi.htm

Jerry

[Doris_Pinks]

Beautiful!

[eileen]

Briliant piccie!!   It should be entered into a competition.


Eileen.

[budgiebreeder]

 :DWhat a beaut can't say i've ever seen one of those .

[sunflower]

Sorry but if i`d found that i would have screamed the place down, i  am terrified of spiders. Silly i know but that is well scary !!!!

[Wicker]

Used to have the usual "horror" of spiders before I gradually became accustomed to them on the allotment, now don't run, scream or get the shakes when I am close to one outside but am still not tooooo keen on them in the house but can  talk coherently enough to ask Mr W to remove it to "safety".   Always say to g'kids that they are so much bigger than the poor wee spider that they shouldn't be frightened!

Anyway Sanders that is a beaut!

[Spurdie]

Oh, that's a beauty, Jerry. We have small black and white stripey spiders, but none as exotic as yours!