Araneae (spiders)

Interactions where ARANEAE is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		is predator of			Bombus	bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees	Hymenoptera: Apidae	Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders					Animal / predator		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus/	Bombus	bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees

Interactions where ARANEAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Season	Summary
	egg cocoon is predated by larva	Melanophora roralis	Smoky-winged Woodlouse-fly	Diptera: Calliphoridae	Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Melanophora roralis/	Melanophora roralis	smoky-winged woodlouse-fly			larva	Animal / predator		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders		egg cocoon		larva is predator of egg cocoon
	is taken to the nest of female	Miscophus ater	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Miscophus ater/	Miscophus ater	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Miscophus concolor	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Miscophus concolor/	Miscophus concolor	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Trypoxylon attenuatum	Slender Wood Borer Wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Trypoxylon attenuatum/	Trypoxylon attenuatum	slender wood borer wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Trypoxylon clavicerum	Club Horned Wood Borer Wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Trypoxylon clavicerum/	Trypoxylon clavicerum	club horned wood borer wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Trypoxylon figulus	Black Wood Borer Wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Trypoxylon figulus/	Trypoxylon figulus	black wood borer wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Trypoxylon medium	a wood borer wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Trypoxylon medium/	Trypoxylon medium	a wood borer wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Trypoxylon minus	a wood borer wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Trypoxylon minus/	Trypoxylon minus	a wood borer wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Auplopus carbonarius	a spider-hunting wasp	Hymenoptera: Pompilidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Auplopus carbonarius/	Auplopus carbonarius	a spider-hunting wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Arachnospila anceps	a spider-hunting wasp	Hymenoptera: Pompilidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Arachnospila anceps/	Arachnospila anceps	a spider-hunting wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Arachnospila consobrina	a spider-hunting wasp	Hymenoptera: Pompilidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Arachnospila consobrina/	Arachnospila consobrina	a spider-hunting wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Arachnospila minutula	a spider-hunting wasp	Hymenoptera: Pompilidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pompilidae/Arachnospila minutula/	Arachnospila minutula	a spider-hunting wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				female stocks nest with
	may be infected by colony of Gibellula anamorph	Gibellula aranearum	an anamorphic entomopathogenic fungus	Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Gibellula aranearum/	Gibellula aranearum	an anamorphic entomopathogenic fungus		colony	Gibellula anamorph	Animal / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				colony of Gibellula anamorph infects
	is parasitoid host of gregarious, mycelioid perithecium	Torrubiella albolanata	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae	British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Torrubiella albolanata/	Torrubiella albolanata	an ascomycete	gregarious, mycelioid		perithecium	Animal / parasitoid		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders			(summer)	gregarious, mycelioid perithecium is parasitoid of
	may be infected by colony of Hymenostilbe anamorph	Torrubiella arachnophila	an entomopathogenic pyrenomycete	Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Torrubiella arachnophila/	Torrubiella arachnophila	an entomopathogenic pyrenomycete		colony	Hymenostilbe anamorph	Animal / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders				colony of Hymenostilbe anamorph infects
	adult is predated by leaf	Pinguicula vulgaris	Common Butterwort	Lamiales: Lentibulariaceae	Insectivorous Plants, Darwin, C., 1875	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lentibulariaceae/Pinguicula vulgaris/	Pinguicula vulgaris	common butterwort		leaf		Animal / predator		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders		adult		leaf is predator of adult
body	body is parasitoid host of scattered, sparsely subiculate perithecium	Torrubiella aranicida	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae	British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Torrubiella aranicida/	Torrubiella aranicida	an ascomycete	scattered, sparsely subiculate		perithecium	Animal / parasitoid		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders	body			scattered, sparsely subiculate perithecium is parasitoid of body
legs	legs is parasitoid host of scattered, sparsely subiculate perithecium	Torrubiella aranicida	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae	British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Torrubiella aranicida/	Torrubiella aranicida	an ascomycete	scattered, sparsely subiculate		perithecium	Animal / parasitoid		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/	Araneae	spiders	legs			scattered, sparsely subiculate perithecium is parasitoid of legs

Author & Year	Title	Source
Darwin, C., 1875	Insectivorous Plants	463pp
Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	British Ascomycetes	Revised and enlarged edition, 585pp, J. Cramer
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Macdonald, M.A., 2007	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987	Bumblebees	Naturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954	Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

ARANEAE (spiders) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
AGELENIDAE cobweb spiders		Family	3 subtaxa		3 references
	Eratigena a genus of spiders	Genus	3 subtaxa		3 references
ARANEIDAE orb spiders, orb-weavers		Family	2 subtaxa	2 trophisms	1 references
ATYPIDAE purse web spiders		Family	1 subtaxa	1 trophisms
CLUBIONIDAE foliage spiders		Family	3 subtaxa		3 references
	Clubiona a genus of foliage spiders	Genus	3 subtaxa		3 references
DICTYNIDAE mesh webbed spiders, mesh-webbed spiders		Family	2 subtaxa		2 references
DYSDERIDAE woodlice spiders, woodlouse spiders		Family	1 subtaxa		3 references
GNAPHOSIDAE ground spiders		Family	4 subtaxa		4 references
LINYPHIIDAE money spiders		Family	11 subtaxa		13 references
LYCOSIDAE wolf spiders		Family	5 subtaxa	4 trophisms	6 references
MIMETIDAE pirate spiders		Family	1 subtaxa		1 references
MITURGIDAE foliage spiders		Family	1 subtaxa	2 trophisms
	Cheiracanthium a genus of foliage spiders	Genus	1 subtaxa	2 trophisms
PHILODROMIDAE running crab spiders		Family	4 subtaxa		6 references
SALTICIDAE jumping spiders		Family	3 subtaxa		3 references
SEGESTRIIDAE six-eyed spiders		Family	1 subtaxa		1 references
	Segestria a genus of six-eyed spiders	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 references
TETRAGNATHIDAE long-jawed spiders		Family	3 subtaxa		4 references
	Tetragnatha a genus of long-jawed spiders	Genus	3 subtaxa		4 references
THERIDIIDAE comb-footed spiders		Family	2 subtaxa		2 references
	Enoplognatha a genus of comb-footed spiders	Genus	2 subtaxa		2 references
THOMISIDAE crab spiders		Family	1 subtaxa	2 trophisms
ULOBORIDAE triangle spiders, cribellate orb-web spiders		Family	1 subtaxa		1 references

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ARANEAE (spiders)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Insects & Spiders from Finland	www.kolumbus.fi/hannu.j.tanner/coleoptera/
	Anon.		Spiders of Wiltshire	geocities.com/mc28askins/doc1.htm
	Anon.		Central European Spider Wikipedia	wiki.spinnen-forum.de/
	Anon.		Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme website	srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Locate
	Blackwall, J.	1860	* A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland *(Superseded)	Vol 31 & 34, The Ray Society, London
	Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J.	1961	Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects	156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
	Falk, S.		Araneae (spiders)	www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157631875078693/
	Hopkin, S.		Steve Hopkin	www.stevehopkin.co.uk
	Jones-Walters, L.M.	1989	Keys to the Families of British Spiders	AIDGAP Keys, No. 197, 2 edition, 79pp, Field Studies Council
	Jones, D.	1983	The Country Life Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe	Country Life Guides, 320pp, Country Life Books
	Linssen, E.F. & Newman, L.H.	1964	* The Observer’s Book of Insects *(Superseded)	Observer's Books, No 17, Revised edition edition, 128pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
	Locket G.A. & Millidge A.F.	1953	British Spiders (3 Vols)	Nos 135, 137 & 149, 1968 Reprint edition, 310+449pp, The Ray Society, London
	Oger, P.		Les araignees de Belgique et France	arachno.piwigo.com/index.php?/categories
()	Roberts, M.J.	1995	Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe	Collins Field Guides, 383pp, HarperCollins
	Roberts, M.J.	1993	The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland (compact edition)	1 & 2, Compact edition (2 vols) edition, 705pp, Harley Books
	Wuilbaut, J.J.		Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut)	users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons
Water And Wetland Spiders
	Brauer, A.	1909	* Araneae, Acarina und Tardigrada *(Superseded)	Die Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands, Heft 12, 191pp, Gustav Fischer Verlag

ARANEAE (spiders) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ARACHNIDA
(mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Anon.		British Spiders discussion group
Bristowe, W.S.	1939	The Comity of Spiders	2 volumes, 560pp, The Ray Society, London
Hadley, A.		Micropics	micropics.org.uk/index.htm
Harvey, P., Nellist, D. & Telfer, M.	2002	Recording Britain’s spiders	British Wildlife Vol 13, No. 3: 191-197.
Harvey, P.R., Nellist, D.R. & Telfer, M.G.	2002	Provisional atlas of British spiders (Arachnida, Araneae), Volume 1	Vol 1, 214pp, Biological Records Centre
Harvey, P.R., Nellist, D.R. & Telfer, M.G.	2002	Provisional atlas of British spiders (Arachnida, Araneae), Volume 2	Vol 2, 191pp, Biological Records Centre
Oxford, G.S. & Gillespie, R.G.	1998	Evolution and ecology of spider coloration	Annu. Rev. Entomol. Vol 43: 619-643.
Dead Wood
Alexander, K.N.A.	2002	The Invertebrates of Living and Decaying Timber in Britain and Ireland - a Provisional Annotated Checklist	Research Reports, Report no 467, 142pp, English Nature
Pathology
Finch, O.D.	2005	The parasitoid complex and parasitoid-induced mortality of spiders (Araneae) in a Central European woodland	Journal of Natural History Vol 39 (25): 2339-2354.
Shaw, M.R.		Rearing parasitic wasps from spiders and their egg sacs	Shaw, M.R. Rearing parasitic wasps from spiders and their egg sacs, 4pp, British Arachnological Society Members’ Handbook.
Techniques
Vetter, R.S., Bruyea, G.P. & Visscher, P.K.	1996	The use of bleach to dissolve spider silk	Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society Vol 10 (4): 146-8.
Toxic Species
Ostojá-Starzewski, J.	2010	Potentially dangerous invertebrates associated with imported plants and produce	Plant Clinic News May: 2.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ARANEAE (spiders):

ARACHNIDA
(mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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Order	ARANEAE (spiders)
Class	ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
Subphylum	CHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

ARANEAE
(spiders)

Interactions where ARANEAE is the dominant partner and gains from the process

Interactions where ARANEAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

ARANEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Water And Wetland Spiders

General Works

Dead Wood

Pathology

Techniques

Toxic Species

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