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Garden Cross Spider
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RSPB Loch Lomond
Garden Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus) collected by the invertebrate group, RSPB Loch Lomond Bioblitz 2015. These can be found in gardens, between shrubs and indoors or outdoors across window and door frames. They spin their webs at night, typically, for hunting during the day.
27 August 2015
Four-spotted Orb Weaver spider, Blawhorn Moss NNR
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Blawhorn Moss
Four-spotted Orb Weaver (Araneus quadratus) spider, Blawhorn Moss NNR, taken by David Palmar
15 September 2021
Common Shrew eating earthworm
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CEP - Glasgow
Common shrew (Sorex araneus) eating earthworm, Kelvingrove Park, Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
18 April 1980
Four-spotted Orb Weaver spider, Lenzie Moss
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Mosses of East Dunbartonshire
Four-spotted orb weaver (Araneus quadratus) spider, Lenzie Moss, East Dunbartonshire. The abdomen colour is quite variable, ranging from dark brown to bright orange or yellowy-green. Females can reach 17 mm in length, males approximately half the size. Both males and females are distinguished by the four spots on their abdomen.