Episinus sp, which I thought showed some features good for maculipes? It definitely has a white patch on the sternum. Beaten off of a large patch of Ivy growing down over a wall in the lane directly behind the house in Filton, S. Glos.
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Anyone any thoughts on this - I'm a bit stumped. Tm-IV present, I thought spines were 2-2-2-2 but might be 2-2-(2/1)-1. Slight head raise with eyes pushed together a bit. Tm in second half of leg (.6-.8?). @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk
An amazing looking structure. The egg sac of Zelotes latreillei. @britishspiders.bsky.social
Because he hasn't had the opportunity to cover himself in soil particles yet, you can really make out the bicolour patterning. Rather natty looking thing!
