ID this spider please...

[duente]

a guy found this little fellow in Rhodes island (Greece,remember :)) where he lives and he sent me a few pics.Now, i had also seen one exactly the same a few years ago when i was in the army back here in Athens.what is it??
http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/9476/spidy1np8.th.jpg (http://img307.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spidy1np8.jpg)
http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/9254/spidy2ub3.th.jpg (http://img307.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spidy2ub3.jpg)

[NRF]

It's a female Eresus sp. (ladybird spider, the female could in fact be blackbird spider :) ). In northern Europe there is a single spec., E. cinnaberinus. I don't know if there are any other species in Greece.

[Arachnophilist]

Yeah definately an Eresus sp. I love these little guys.. especially the orange faced ones :D nice find!


edit- after more research I found that E.cinnaberinus is the only Eresus sp. in Greece so now you know! (info may be wrong)

[duente]

once again...thank you!!!!:worship: