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sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	White Spider Aug 5, 2016 16:23:29 GMT SueA likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Aug 5, 2016 16:23:29 GMT had one of these sitting on a Buddleia flower for the last few days. My pics were a bit blurred so got this one off internet;
	Last Edit: Sept 2, 2016 7:24:08 GMT by SueA I'll get around to it eventually

daisy Top Member Posts: 1,216	White Spider Aug 6, 2016 10:37:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daisy on Aug 6, 2016 10:37:26 GMT Wow! Never seen anything like that in the garden before. sweetpea. Mind you we have a vast amount of garden spiders it's unlikely I'd see all of them!

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White Spider Aug 6, 2016 18:52:27 GMT

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Aug 6, 2016 10:37:26 GMT daisy said:

Wow! Never seen anything like that in the garden before. sweetpea. Mind you we have a vast amount of garden spiders it's unlikely I'd see all of them!

My daughter's words when I showed it to her were, 'OMG what is it?' so you were similar in that

I can't find my book so don't know what they are called other than just 'White' spiders.

I'll get around to it eventually

roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	White Spider Aug 6, 2016 20:16:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on Aug 6, 2016 20:16:01 GMT Thats... wierd !

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,745	White Spider Aug 7, 2016 4:08:52 GMT Bess likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Aug 7, 2016 4:08:52 GMT www.natureofdorset.co.uk/species/white-crab-spider found this info I've seen them in my garden too
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daisy Top Member Posts: 1,216	White Spider Aug 10, 2016 20:25:30 GMT grindle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daisy on Aug 10, 2016 20:25:30 GMT Thanks for that grindle

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	White Spider Aug 12, 2016 10:12:53 GMT grindle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Aug 12, 2016 10:12:53 GMT The one I saw stood out cos it was on a buddleia flower
	I'll get around to it eventually

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White Spider Aug 12, 2016 20:24:53 GMT

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Post by Bess on Aug 12, 2016 20:24:53 GMT

Weirdly enough, I've seen one or two of those on my pots, when I had my patio garden in the middle of town. I remember calling my husband to look. Not seen them this year since we moved to a proper garden. I have had the cool little pale green spiders here too - I think there's more types of those.

desertfooxx New Member Posts: 18	White Spider Sept 1, 2016 19:04:03 GMT Rosie and SueA like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by desertfooxx on Sept 1, 2016 19:04:03 GMT Talking of white spiders I found one of these in my garden the other day

steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	White Spider Sept 1, 2016 19:50:29 GMT Rosie, sweetpea, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Sept 1, 2016 19:50:29 GMT That looks like the Spanish albino high jumping and nose piercing spider....how close did you get when taking the photo?
	Growing exotically

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,912	White Spider Sept 1, 2016 20:47:29 GMT steve, grindle, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Sept 1, 2016 20:47:29 GMT It's sweetpea's spider on it's holidays!

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	White Spider Sept 3, 2016 17:39:08 GMT SueA and desertfooxx like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Sept 3, 2016 17:39:08 GMT A Couple from Australia:
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White Spider Sept 3, 2016 19:45:06 GMT SueA likes this

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Sept 1, 2016 19:50:29 GMT steve said:

That looks like the Spanish albino high jumping and nose piercing spider....how close did you get when taking the photo?

I got about 2 foot away, and zoomed in on photoshop.

It is a "Argiope lobata" other common names are zipper spider, corn spider, writing spider, and St. Andrew's Cross spider. I believe there are several other names one of the most common being -

AAAAGH ........ What the @$%# is that

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White Spider Sept 3, 2016 21:35:00 GMT desertfooxx likes this

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Post by SueA on Sept 3, 2016 21:35:00 GMT

Wow sweetpea that first Aussie spider is colourful, I hope you checked they weren't poisonous before you went near them!

desertfooxx, if I were you I wouldn't get too close to something called a 'zipper' spider without holding something in front of you!

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