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Sorry to any arachnophobics out there, but here’s another spider picture. This one lives in my wardrobe. It’s been there a while and doesn’t seem to be doing any harm so I’m letting it stay. It seemed kind of nonplussed about having a camera-phone stuck in its face.

I’m reasonably certain that this is an example of pholcus phalangioides, the daddy long-legs spider. From its pale, almost translucent colouring it’s probably young. They go pale brown as they grow up.

Just evicted this spider from my flat. I thought it looked kind of interesting so I took a photo first. I think it’s probably a lace webbed spider or one of the clubiona species. But I’m basing that on a few other pictures I saw online, so it’s probably not very reliable.