Portugal Wildlife 
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.
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Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata |
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Female Blue Emperor caught in web of Banded Garden Spider. |
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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. |
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Humped Orbweb Spider Gibbaranea gibbosa Tecedeira gibosa |
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Jumping Spider Sp. Menemerus semilimbatus |
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Pink Crab Spider Thomisus onustus Aranha florícola de tubérculos |
Crab Spider on flower umbel of a Wild Carrot (Daucus carota). |
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Crab Spider Sp. |
Crab Spider on Star of Bethlehem flower. |
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Thin-Legged Wolf Spider sp. Pardosa hortensis |
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Wolf Spider Sp. |
Wolf Spider. |
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Water Mites |
Water Mites on Rocky Pond - Hydrachnidia |
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Scorpion Species. |
Scorpion (just before release):. |
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Links to Portugal Nature Reserve webpages:
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| Butterfly Maps |
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Links to Photo Galleries from other countries: |
Brazil Pantanal |
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