Spiders

[RizzoTheRat]

Found this handsome chap guarding my car for me this morning. Any ideeas what it is?



Hmm, doesn't seem to work as photo, try a link insrtead
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x8cfda5brl8bztg/IMAG0114...

Closest colouration I could see on this chart was a 4 spot orb weaver but the shape looks wrong
http://www.uksafari.com/spiders.htm

[otolith]

Looks a bit crab spider ish to me.

[RizzoTheRat]

Shape looks about right but googling images of common crab spiders doesn't come up with anything with similar markings.

[budgie smuggler]

Garden cross?
http://www.uksafari.com/jpeg3/spgardn5.jpg

[otolith]

Maybe a female Philodromus dispar?

http://www.nicksspiders.com/nicksspiders/philodrom...

[Nightmare]

pretty sure that's a 'garden' spider (as per budgie smugglers post).....there are lots of sub varieties and they call seem to have very cool markings.

[Podie]

Giant house spider? (Tegenaria duellica)

[Nightmare]

nah, totally wrong proportions....seriously, it IS an Araneus diadematus....

[magpie215]

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/insects-sp...

looks to be this one....biter too!!

[RizzoTheRat]

Yep, I reckon the consensus is correct. Looks like their quite common but I don't recall seeing one before.

[BOBBY G]

My cat loves eating spiders.