ARACHNIDS, COLLEMBOLA, DERMAPTERA, ISOPODS, MYRIAPODS & GASTROPODS

spiders, harvestmen, ticks, mites, springtails, earwigs, woodlice, millipedes, slugs and snails

Garden Hammock Spider [Linyphia hortensis]

Adult male on underside of a sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Aug 2025

Spotted Wolf Spider [Pardosa amentata]

Adult female carrying egg sack beneath abdomen - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2025

Spotted Wolf Spider [Pardosa amentata]

Spotted Wolf Spider adult on Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 29 Sep 2025

Common Lugubrious Wolf Spider [Pardosa saltans?]

Adult on fallen oak leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Nov 2025

Running Crab Spider [Philodromus albidus]

Adult on tip of a Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jun 2025

Common Sun-jumper [Heliophanus flavipes]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Sep 2025

European Nursery Web Spider [Pisaura mirabilis]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2025

Common Stretch Spider [Tetragnatha extensa]

Common Stretch Spider on underside of a Hart's-tongue Fern leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Feb 2026

Banded Comb-Footed Spider [Anelosimus vittatus?]

Adult; mirid bug above has been caught and secured - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2025

Banded Comb-Footed Spider [Anelosimus vittatus?]

Adult; has snared a mirid bug - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2025

Common Candy-striped Spider [Enoplognatha ovata?]

Adult, with silk spun around prey (Note: ID tentative) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Aug 2021

Sputnik Spider [Paidiscura pallens]

Egg sacs on the underside of an oak leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Jul 2025

Green Crab Spider [Diaea dorsata]

female on underside of a Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Nov 2025

Flower Crab Spider [Misumena vatia]

Adult female with her catch, a Lasioglossum sp. or Andrena sp. bee - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Jun 2025

Flower Crab Spider [Misumena vatia]

Adult female with her catch, a Lasioglossum sp. or Andrena sp. bee - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Jun 2025

Flower Crab Spider [Misumena vatia]

Adult female on Rubus sp. - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Jul 2025

Sputnik Spider [Paidiscura pallens]

Female guarding egg sacs - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2025

comb-footed spider [Theridion varians]

adult on the underside of a leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Mar 2026

Spider silhouetted on a leaf

Spider silhouetted on a Norway Maple leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Sep 2025

Red Harvestman [Opilio canestrinii]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2025

A diary of wildlife on Banstead Downs