Spiders

Portugal Wildlife

Guide to the Spiders of a Wildlife Reserve in Baixo Alentejo

All Photographs were taken by the website author on the reserve unless otherwise stated.

Species	Photographs	Photographs	Photographs
Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata		Female Blue Emperor caught in web of Banded Garden Spider.


Lobed Argiope Argiope lobata	Lobed Argiope spider with its Wasp prey wrapped in silk.	Lobed Argiope spider with its Wasp prey wrapped in silk.	An Orb-Web Spider. Probably a Lobed Argiope (Argiope lobata). Just below the spider is a zig-zag-shaped silk decoration known as a stabilimentum. This is highly characteristic to this genus of spiders. The function of the stabilimentum is much debated, but so far remains unknown.


Humped Orbweb Spider Gibbaranea gibbosa Tecedeira gibosa


Jumping Spider Sp. Menemerus semilimbatus

Pink Crab Spider Thomisus onustus Aranha florícola de tubérculos	Crab Spider on flower umbel of a Wild Carrot (Daucus carota).

Crab Spider Sp.	Crab Spider on Star of Bethlehem flower.

Wolf Spider Sp.	Wolf Spider.

Water Mites	Water Mites on Rocky Pond - Hydrachnidia

Scorpion Species.	Scorpion (just before release):.

Spider etc Species List :

	English Name	Scientific Name	Portuguese Name

1	Banded Garden Spider	Argiope trifasciata
2	Lobed Argiope	Argiope lobata
3	Humped Orbweb Spider	Gibbaranea gibbosa	Tecedeira gibosa
4	Jumping Spider Sp.	Menemerus semilimbatus
5	Pink Crab Spider	Thomisus onustus	Aranha florícola de tubérculos
6	Crab Spider Sp.
7	Wolf Spider Sp.

1	Water Mites	Hydrachnidia

1	Scorpion Sp.		Escorpião