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[Murziukas]

Hi folks,

I must confess, I'm not realy a spider dude, I preffer scorpions. Honestly, those amazed me so I cought few of them to grow. Looks prety amazing. Adult is approx. 20 -25 mm (including legs). Location - eastern/central Europe. To be more detailed - 16 km north from Vilnius, Lithuania.

Can you tell me more about them?

Best wishes

 

[DeathRowDisco]

http://www.nwspiders.org/araneus.diadematus.html

We get them in BC, too. They're mostly noctournal, and definitely very cool (and cute) creatures.

 

[DeathRowDisco]

If you're going to keep them, the best thing to do is give them a corner to build their webs. They're harmless, and hardly ever even leave their webs. I always move at least a few of them into my room, and they build their webs in random corners... very nice to have around, too.

 

[Murziukas]

Thanks of info I thought they could be sort of nasty ones as they are pretty bright in colors. Eventhrough they look amazing.

 

[Murziukas]

found new on

I really don't know what spider is that. Is it jumping one?

 

[Lucretia]

Definitely not a jumping spider.

It looks like Heteropodidae or Thomisidae..also known as crab spiders. However Thomisidae usually have larger abdomens if I am not mistaken.

 

[wikkid_devil]

http://www.nwspiders.org/araneus.diadematus.html

We get them in BC, too. They're mostly noctournal, and definitely very cool (and cute) creatures.

Common in the U.K. too. Got hundreds in my garden

 

[NRF]

I really don't know what spider is that. Is it jumping one?

It´s a Philodromid, related to crab spiders.

 

[CedrikG]

I really don't know what spider is that. Is it jumping one?

dude i've the exact same spider, she was stuck in the bottle that my centipede was shipped in ... my first tought was ...this spider is'nt normal .., soo I decided I would care of her , and you know wut, these bottle were in a plastik bag, when I opened this bag another spider came out, definitivly not normal, dark, with an argent color on the caparace and abdomen, she's extremly quick and nervous ,.. and she has spinneret ? I dont think spider from where i am has spinneret and are soo defensive im sure its not a spider from here soo I will care of her till she grow soo I know what species it is , cant wait ...

 

[cacoseraph]

dude i've the exact same spider, she was stuck in the bottle that my centipede was shipped in ... my first tought was ...this spider is'nt normal .., soo I decided I would care of her , and you know wut, these bottle were in a plastik bag, when I opened this bag another spider came out, definitivly not normal, dark, with an argent color on the caparace and abdomen, she's extremly quick and nervous ,.. and she has spinneret ? I dont think spider from where i am has spinneret and are soo defensive im sure its not a spider from here soo I will care of her till she grow soo I know what species it is , cant wait ...

there are a fair number of "local" araneamorph ("true" spiders) that have visible spinnerettes. there are over 100 in my area, i am sure you have some in your area too. so that is probably not a good way to judge where a spider is from, if i am understanding you correctly

 

[CedrikG]

im not judging the spider only by the spinneretm, but here man I never saw with spinneret, with such an attitude, soo quick and with these ncie colors, as you can see im not only judging by the spinneret ...

 

[Lucretia]

It´s a Philodromid, related to crab spiders.

What makes it Philodromidae and not another family... I'm not second guessing you, just learning.

 

[NRF]

The first pair of legs is the longest one i Thomisidae (and is often more robust than the other ones). In Philodromidae the second pair is longest, or at least longer than the first pair. It has also the very typical habitus of Philodromus, may be the common (in N Europe) P. cestpitum. Philodromidae has a more flat abdomen (which some Thomisids living under bark also have). I cannot tell any specific caracter that distingushes it from Heteropoda, other than habitus and e.g. the eye pattern which cannot be seen from the photo.

 

[ilovebugs]

looks very much like a spider I have around my house (or rather on my house)
I live in Alabama, US

and yea I believe they are nocturnal, at night they come out by the dozens on my porch and build webs to catch moths and things.

my only complaint is that the nice white porch rails that I have been painting have spider poop all over then in the morning. haha