Plants and animals of Pointfield

An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015   

Spiders 

Long jawed orb-weaver spider

Metellina ?mengei

 

Notes

Medium-sized spider variably patterned but with characteristic pale carapace with central, dark tuning-fork mark. Legs spotted/banded with anterior legs longest. Late occurrence in year is strongly suggestive of mengei but distinction from the very similar M. segmentata requires microscope observation.

Habitat

Wild flower border in September.


Sightings by month