What spider ??,

[hodge911]

This beggar dropped out of the door seal on my xtrail  last night . Body was about tbe size of a cherŕy pip .

Any ideas on what species it is  

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Boris!

 

Of course.

[JKD]

OMG,,,,, RUUUUUUNNN !!! 😱😆😂

Someone will be along shortly to identify it or give a link to an app 👍😁

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Of course it could be the "out of focus red"

[JKD]

Well I've just googled it and it's the 'BLURRY RED GARDEN SPIDER'.

Just don't let it get near your neck !!! 👹🙈🤣

[chrisjpainter]

Looks like a female Araneus diadematus - Garden Cross Orb weaver. These guys come in a huge range of colours, from black and white to rich orange and yellows, like yours. They're all the same species, just look very different, but the key to ID is the cross pattern at the top of the abdomen. I think you can just make it out through the blurriness of the photo!

There is a chance it could be a Metellina species - common orb weaver - but the narrowness of the lines down the middle suit A.diadematus better I think.

[old'un]

Just now, chrisjpainter said:

Looks like a female Araneus diadematus - Garden Cross Orb weaver. These guys come in a huge range of colours, from black and white to rich orange and yellows, like yours. They're all the same species, just look very different, but the key to ID is the cross pattern at the top of the abdomen. I think you can just make it out through the blurriness of the photo!

There is a chance it could be a Metellina species - common orb weaver - but the narrowness of the lines down the middle suit A.diadematus better I think.

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[Rim Fire]

A dead one if I seen it

[Bobba]

while on the subject , this little tinker was on my garage door yesterday. Any ideas please?

[12gauge82]

6 minutes ago, Bobba said:

while on the subject , this little tinker was on my garage door yesterday. Any ideas please?

A garden spider, very common in the uk

1 hour ago, hodge911 said:

This beggar dropped out of the door seal on my xtrail  last night . Body was about tbe size of a cherŕy pip .

Any ideas on what species it is  

I think Chris has identified it and probably is a orb spider although it's hard to say from the photos.

Plus I'm far from an expert 👍

[JKD]

40 minutes ago, Rim Fire said:

A dead one if I seen it

Oh no,,,, a certain member will be along shortly to chastise you for unwarranted squishing of any insects etc 🕷️🔨🤫🥴😁

[Bobba]

43 minutes ago, Rim Fire said:

A dead one if I seen it

When we were kids we were always taught “If you want to live and thrive let a spider run alive”

[JKD]

17 minutes ago, Bobba said:

while on the subject , this little tinker was on my garage door yesterday. Any ideas please?

As a child, I used to carefully pick these from their webs and watch them through a magnifying glass as they sank their fangs into my finger ☝️👁️😆😂

[chrisjpainter]

13 minutes ago, Bobba said:

while on the subject , this little tinker was on my garage door yesterday. Any ideas please?

Perfect example! This is the same species - Araneus diadematus. It's just it shows up the colours - and more importantly the cross to give it its name - much better. As below shows, they really can come in all sorts of colours, but the key to easy ID is that cross pattern - if it shows it. Like a lot of spider species, diadematus  can lose the definition in their markings with age, so my guess is the OP's is an older female.

[moondoggy]

Looking at the size of their backsides, most of them must be females! 😊🤣

[JKD]

2 minutes ago, moondoggy said:

Looking at the size of their backsides, most of them must be females! 😊🤣

Ooooeerr 🙈🤣🤣🤣

[hodge911]

2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Of course it could be the "out of focus red"

That's coz I cropped the pic ...

Here's the original 

[Rim Fire]

12 hours ago, JKD said:

Oh no,,,, a certain member will be along shortly to chastise you for unwarranted squishing of any insects etc 🕷️🔨🤫🥴😁

Not kidding i hate the things as a kid one sank its fangs into me and that was it i hated them ever since 

I have been bitten by just about everything that's walked or crawled but its spiders that left me hating them 😒