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I have always ridiculed the idea of the bite of any of our 

 British species being hurtful to any degree, but am afraid shall 

 have in future to except that of Epeira comuta . One stout female 

 resented being held in the hand for a moment, biting viciously, 

 holding on to the thick part of my thumb for a few moments, 

 drawing the blood. 



The following day we went up to the houseboat for a quiet 



Home of Epeira comuta. 



chat, and on going for a ramble before returning home across by 

 Banham's farm, on passing a disused stable, we saw a pitched 

 battle going on between a little army of winged ants and a 

 number of the very common Orbweaver (Zilla x notata), whose 

 webs were in great profusion at the edge of the roof-thatch. 

 Unfortunately for the ants it was a one-sided affair, for they had 



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