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I meant to post this about a month ago when I took the photo but forgot until prompted by a small child this morning.
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I identified it, with great confidence, as a Big White Bottomed Spider. The children were quite satisfied with this until their mother told them that there was no such thing. I pointed at the photo and said "Yes there is, it is there".
Now she wants the real name so it is over to you guys. Sorry about the poor photo but the camera decided to focus on the pattern of the stones.
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It was on the rocks by my secret wild strawberry patch if that helps at all.
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They are not big but they are very tasty.
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Is that a small spider or a big rock!
Is that a small spider or a big rock!
Or a huge spider and a gigantic rock?
It was on the rocks by my secret wild strawberry patch if that helps at all.
 They are not big but they are very tasty.
You eat spiders?
From a dodgy photo on my small phone screen I'd guess common garden spider (that does exist BTW)
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You eat spiders?
Everyone does. But most of us do it when we're asleep though
I'd have said its bottom was more taupe than white. HTH.
Baby death-bastard. You killed it immediately, right ??
Could be an Orb Weaver, although the picture doesn’t show much detail.
Wolf spider carrying her egg-sack, I reckon. Egg-sack is the white mass she's carrying under her upturned abdomen. Definitely not a common garden spider (very rare to see them on the ground, where they're likely to move pretty clumsily). I'm guessing she was pretty quick?
This thread makes me miss Roper (STW's resident arachnid buff, once upon a time). I'm no substitute for that guy: he'd identify your spider, tell you its scientific name and whether it favours Frosties or Shredded Wheat for breakfast.
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Wolf spider carrying her egg-sack, I reckon. Egg-sack is the white mass she's carrying under her upturned abdomen.
Difficult to tell the species, from such a low res photo, but definitely carrying an egg sac, so I defer to arrpee in identifying the actual species.