..endeavour to persevere

By Nick_T

A Spider

This afternoon I went for a walk to a the new Cumbria Wildlife trust site - Cold Springs which is land adjacent to our housing estate. I wasn't expecting a lot as it's very much in the creation stage. There were plenty  of butterflies including a large skipper (extra). 2 ponds have been scraped out, I did see a few damsels which have already taken up home and it was when I was moving in to try to get a macro of a damsel that I noticed this spider. A lot of scratching around in google has pointed to a Long-Jawed Orb Weaver. This spider is actually about 1cm long, you can see it jaws hanging down. 8 eyes, 8 legs and 2 relatively massive jaws, quite some equipment!

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