I found this interesting arachnid on my bedroom wall last week. I’m familiar with a few of the more obvious species in the UK but and am struggling to ID this – what do you think?
The banding on the legs is quite striking. Size-wise it was about 22-24mm from the tip of the back legs to the tip of the front legs. The closest I could find was this image from gardensafari.net:
Zygiella-x-notata. An indoor, warmth-loving species of the genus Zygiella. It would appear to be a fair match for a male specimen; they both have banding/fine hairs on the legs although the abdomen in my photo appears smaller and lacking the silvery colouration. Hmm, best stick to birds I guess!
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