Sightings by month
Long jawed orb-weaver spider
Metellina merianae
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Spiders
Medium-sized spider with strongly brown/amber banded legs, the anterior pair being the longest. Abdomen globular and dark brown in colour with pale speckling. Carapace flesh coloured with black triangular fovea (not tuning-fork-shaped).
In garden, and in kitchen building a web in window.