Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which spider has caught this Kelp Fly? Zygiella x-notata..ID by Smoggycb

Posted by Roger Thomason on 11-10-2008 02:27
#1
Photographed at Scatsta Airport these spiders are everywhere around the Airport buildings. Anybody got a name for them. They are well fed on Kelp Flies Coelopa frigida which are attracted to the Security and window lights.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 17-11-2008 20:56

Posted by Smoggycb on 11-10-2008 13:36
#2
It's Zygiella x-notata, very typical on buildings (as you say) at this time of the year. The webs are easy to tell too as they tend to have a segment missing and the signal line (which runs from the web to the spiders retreat) running through the gap.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 11-10-2008 19:55
#3
Thanks for the ID plus additional info. Much appreciated.
Regards Roger