Male	Spiderling Web
Female	With Egg Sacks

With Prey Empis opaca

Length: Male 3.4-4.6mm, Female 4-7.4mm

Egg	Spiderling	Female	Male
(10-27 Days)	(Earliest: 24.3)	June - September (Earliest: 18.5)	May - July (Earliest: 17.4)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows
Food:	Chloromyia formosa	Empis opaca	Hydrotaea irritans	Ametastegia glabrata
	Macrophya alboannulata	Other Insecta
Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Predators:	Trypoxylon attenuatum	Trypoxylon clavicerum

Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme (UK): Araniella cucurbitina
Araneae Spinnen Europas: Araniella cucurbitina
Nature Spot: Cucumber Green Orb Spider - Araniella cucurbitina

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