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Walnut orb weaver
Body size Female to 15 mm; male to 10 mm. Appearance Plump, dark brown but rather flat-bodied. The slimmer-bodied male (photo) appears to bite more frequently than the female. Habitat, range and season Woods and gardens; old trees, fences and buildings. Hides during the day behind peeling bark or in cracks in woodwork. Europe, N Africa and S Asia. Adult males from June to October; females probably all year. Web A vertical orb with a line connecting to a retreat. First recorded in the UK 1678. Bite reports 'Felt like a puncture from a bramble thorn. Site of the bite slightly raised and white (no reddening). Pain gone after 6 hours.' 'Pain like an electric shock from finger to elbow with the arm going numb; recovered after a few hours.' 'Itchiness and hot feeling on arm, large red patch (2" x 4") became worse within hour, plus white lumps; horrible burning feeling - felt bruised for some days.' Walnut orb-weaver spider, Nuctenea umbratica | Natural History Museum
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0.0.1 blue tongue skink 1.0.0 BCI / 0.0.2 corns 0.0.10 Pachnoda butana / assortment of stickies and eggs 1.2.0 moggies & 0.1.0 mad jack russell 0.0.6 GALS & 0.0.2 albino fulica GALS 0.0.7 land hermit crabs Now selling jewellery in off topic classifieds |
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