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Located in Berkshire, United Kingdom. Small spider appeared we have never seen before.
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- Submitted: Dec 11, 2023
- Photographed: Dec 11, 2023
- Spider: Anyphaena numida
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
It may be one of the Anyphaenidae…buzzing spiders….the palest one is this one Anyphaena numida https://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Picture/s/Anyphaena+numida+female …it is rare in the UK but has been recorded from nature reserves in the London area. The body size of this one is 4 to 6 mm excluding the legs.
This is Anyphaena numida. Records shpow it to be very rare but it is increasingly common in London and spreading fast. I found one this week in Brighton
I’ll go with your IDs for filing the photo and data. I’ll do that for European spiders. The final ID can be un-final if a correction is needed later. 🙂 The site goal is to eventually have more moderator-editors. For now I’m deferring to those with more experience in a region or type of spider.