Spiders (Araneae)
Arthropoda > Chelicerata -> Arachnida -> Araneae
Okay, so maybe most spiders aren’t technically soil-based creatures, but they do predate on soil fauna, and they’re photogenic - that’s good enough for me! Loads of arachnid information, including how to contribute to UK recording schemes, is available at the British Arachnological Society’s website here.
White-banded house jumper (Maratus griseus)
Lettered peacock spider (Maratus literatus)
Lettered peacock spider (Maratus literatus)
Katipō spider (Latrodectus katipo)
Periegops suterii
Periegops suterii
Idiosoma sp.
Redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
Eratigena/Tegenaria sp. (8 image stack)
Linyphiidae sp. preparing to balloon
Female wolf spider with egg sac
European cave spider (Meta menardi)
European cave spider (Meta menardi)
Zebra jumping spider (Salticus scenicus)
Eratigena/Tegenaria sp.
Heliophanus sp. (juvenile)
Heliophanus sp. (juvenile)
Talavera sp. (juvenile)
Linyphiidae sp. preparing to balloon
Ground crab spider (Xysticus sp.)
Ground crab spider (Xysticus sp.)
Oonops pulcher
Oonops pulcher
Zebra jumping spider (Salticus scenicus)
Zebra jumping spider (Salticus scenicus)
Spider with parasitic wasp larvae
Dysdera crocata
Spider infected by entomopathogenic fungi
Spider infected by entomopathogenic fungi
Wolf spider with egg sac (Lycosidae: Artoria)