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Retired entomologist. I've always been interested in natural history, with a particular interest in spiders.
Suffolk, England, UK
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This is a fly, most likely a hoverfly, not a bee. I can't help beyond that - maybe this guide can help with an ID.
http://pollinators.biodiversityireland.i...
I'm willing to believe it's not Hogna, that was just a suggestion, but I can't be convinced that it's Trochosa ruricola. The markings on the legs and abdomen and the length of the legs are wrong, in my opinion.
I don't think this is a Trochosa. Maybe Hogna radiata?
http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/...
Curious looking beast.
Maybe an Eresus female? See -
http://www.araneae.unibe.ch/gallery/phot...
It's some sort of jumping spider. The markings on the abdomen and the legs are like those of Ballus chalybeius, which is not a common species. Can you get a better picture?
Most likely S. scenicus
I don't think it's T. domestica - that tends to be smaller and paler than the likes of gigantea (duellica), atrica, saeva.
It's not a crab spider. It looks more like a wolf spider.
