David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
Arachnoids 15 – Orbweb Spiders
ORBWEB
SPIDER Agalenatea redii
(form α)
ORBWEB SPIDER Agalenatea redii (form α)
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There are three distinct colour
forms of the Orbweb Spider Agalenatea redii, the only British representative of this genus that are so different in
appearance that one could easily be forgiven for thinking that they were
entirely different species, illustrating that a knowledge of morphology rather
than patterning is the key to identifying many spiders. The author is no expert
on this group, but the photographs match perfectly with reference illustrations
for the α (alpha) form. Confusingly the nomenclature of the other forms (δ and
ζ) do not apparently follow any logical (Greek)
alphabetical order. This species is to be found in the southern counties.
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