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Latin name: Araneus quadratus
Size: Females up to 15mms, males up to 8mms.
Distribution: Found throughout the UK.
Months seen: June to October.
Habitat: Found in tall grass, bushes and hedgerows.
Food: Small flying insects.
Special features: This fairly common spider can be found throughout Britain in the summer and autumn months.
The body colour is extremely variable. It can be; yellow green, orange, red or brown. The abdomen has some white patches, but these are only really clear on the brown varieties.
They catch their prey in a web, and the female also builds herself a retreat to the side of the web, made from thick
silk.
 This is the male Araneus
quadratus. You can still just about see the four whitish spots on the abdomen which give quadratus its name.
UK Safari Spider Section
UK Safari Creepy-Crawlies Section
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