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            This beauty is currently in my back garden. 

Female Wasp Spider 

The Wasp Spider is a very large, colourful spider that is a recent arrival in the UK from the continent and has slowly spread over the south of England. 

They build large orb webs in grassland and heathland and attach their silk egg-sacs to the grasses. The web has a wide, white zig-zag strip running down the middle, known as a 'stable mentum', the function of which is unclear. 

Mating is a dangerous game for males; they wait at the edge of the web until the female has moulted into a mature form, then take advantage of her jaws being soft and rush into mate. However, many males still get eaten during this time.

How to identify

The female is yellow black with a white stripe and large; the males are small and pale brown. The Wasp Spider is unmistakable.

Where to find it

Spreading across southern England.

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Taken on: September 2, 2017

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