Indoor Spiders: Fleecy Jumping Spider & Philodromus dispar
/Working at home due to Covid-19, it was good to add a new spider, Fleecy Jumping Spider (Pseudeuophrys lanigera, #569), found walking across my computer monitor. Maybe I introduced it inadvertently by bringing my computer equipment from work. This is a small, non-native species, first observed in UK in 1930, which has now spread over much of the country. It is found more or less exclusively in houses, finding the central heating to its liking.
Another indoor spider this month was Philodromus dispar (#581) , found crawling across the bathroom wall. This is a garden spider, that sometimes ventures into houses. Males, like this one are dark with pale legs and undersides; the females are brown and not so easy to identify.
The Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) is another home dwelling species, living in damp places and coming out at night to feed on particles of food, etc. Not everyone would be happy to find one in the kitchen, but going downstairs for the glass of water in the night I found my first, notching up another species. The fact it took 2 years just shows how clean our house must be!
