A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Spiders and Mites

Spiders (Aranae)

Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)     close-up
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon.
22.08.05 (Public Location)

Crab Spider ?
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Private Location)

Four-spotted Orb Weaver (Araneus quadratus)     underside
Wimalford, nr. Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. 19.07.06 (Private Location)

Garden Spider - female (Araneus diadematus)     male     darker form - Blackstone Point
Garden. Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 15.08.05 (Private Location)

Green Orb Spider (Araniella sp.)
Garden. Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 25.05.06 (Private Location)

Harvestman, European (Leiobunum rotundum) ?
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 27.09.05 (Public Location)

Harvestman (Odiellus spinosus)
Garden. Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 05.10.05 (Private Location)

Harvestman (Dicranopalpus ramosus) ?
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Private Location)

Harvestman (1) ?
Open woodland. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 05.09.05

Harvestman (2) ?
Near sewage farm, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 7.10.05 (Public Location)

House Spider (Tegenaria domestica)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 20.09.05 (Public Location)

Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
Open woodland. Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth. 27.06.05

Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)
Grassland. Seaton Barracks, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.04

Spiders to identify

Spider (Metellina sp. ?)     underside
Efford Marsh LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 29.08.05 (Public Location)

Spider, Long-jawed - (Tetragnatha sp.) ? - Woolwell 1
On oak. In field near nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 25.09.05 (Public Location)

Spider, Comb-footed ? (Woolwell 2)
On oak. In field near nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 25.09.05 (Public Location)

Spider (Kitley)
Saltmarsh. Yealm Estuary, Kitley, nr. Plymouth. Devon. 04.10.05 (Public Location)

Spider (Warleigh Point)
Woodland edge / Foreshore. Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth. 07.10.05 (Public Location)

Spider (Wasdale 2)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 25.05.06 (Public Location)

Theridion sp. (egg cases)
On oak. Old railway on estuary, Kitley, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 04.10.05 (Public Location)

Also see Sea Spiders

Mites (Acari)

Red Earth / Red Velvet Mite (Trombidium holocericeum) ?
Nr. Railway Bridge, Weird Quay, Saltash, Cornwall. 16.04.06 (Public Location)

Mite sp. (on Dor Beetle underside)
Woolwell (South), Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Public Location)

Gall Mites

Red growths on Sycamore (Aceria macrorhynchus ?)
Woodland. Billacombe Down, Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon. 06.05.06 (Public Location)

Gall on Marjoram, Origanum vulgare by (Aceria origani)
Limestone grassland. Billacombe Down, Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon.
26.06.07 (Public Location)

Felt Gall on Sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus by (Aceria pseudoplatani) ?     lf. upper     close-up
Woodland. Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 08.05.06 (Public Location)

Gall of Bracken, Pteridium aquilinum by (Dasineura filicina)
Limestone grassland. Billacombe Down, Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon.
26.06.07 (Public Location)

Pustules on Alder (Eriophyes laevis)
Woodland. Longbridge Playing Fields, Longbridge, Plymouth, Devon. 12.07.04 (Public Location)

Red growths on Tilia sp. (Eriophyes tiliae ?)     close-up
On Lime tree leaves. Novorossisk Road, nr. Estover Industrial Estate, Plymouth, Devon.
21.04.07 (Public Location)

Plant damage on Galium aparine by (Cecidophyes galii)
On Galium aparine (Cleavers). Billacombe Down, Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon.
06.05.06 (Public Location)

Hawthorn Button Gall (Dasineura crataegi)
On Crataegus monogyna, behind CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon.
03.09.03 (Public Location)