When they emerge the juveniles are fed orally by the female, in a similar way to P. The spider species Platnickina tincta belongs to the genus Platnickina, in the family Theridiidae. sisyphia, and are kept within the retreat. A single, spherical blue-green egg-sac is produced by the female in August and September, again slightly later than P. Adult males have been found mate-guarding immature females in the retreats. The males peak in occurrence during June and July, the females in July and August, which is later than P. The adult males have been recorded between May and August, adult females between June and October, and even on one exceptional occasion in December. Phylloneta impressa has also been found on rush florets in the upper reaches of saltmarshes. ![]() Both species can sometimes be found together on gorse, heather and thorny bushes, below its retreat the spider spins the typical tangle web which gives some members of the family Theridiidae the common name tangle-web spiders. Compare with Your previous bronzy egg sac does look like a pirate spider egg sac. I'm pretty sure this spider is a cobweb weaver. Phylloneta impressa builds a similar retreat to that of P. I hope you don't mind I changed to the order of the images so we could talk about the ID with the image right in front of us. In Britain it is common in south and central England and becomes scarcer or even absent as one moves west and north. This species has a Holarctic distribution, it is widespread in western Europe although it has not been recorded in Iceland. The opisthosoma is yellowish or reddish, with a dark brown pattern consisting of spots on the back. ![]() The chelicerae are reddish yellow, and the legs are reddish yellow, annulated with brown. The sternum is reddish yellow and has a dark margin. Very similar to Phylloneta sisyphia, the prosoma is reddish yellow, with a broad, brown-black margin and a median stripe. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. Date: 9 September 2018: Source: This image is uploaded as image number 18914462 at, a source of nature observations in the Netherlands. The body length of the male is 2.5-5.5 mm, female body length is 3.5-5.5 mm. English: Platnickina tincta (Theridiidae), Arnhem - Schuytgraaf, the Netherlands.
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