Spider ID Help Needed.

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Spider ID Help Needed.

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Can anybody help with a Spider ID,resting on a Dandelion flower.
Seen in Astley Park.
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I posted your photo on Twitter and a respondent kindly suggested that this may well be a fox spider.
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Also "Not an expert but could be Nuctenea umbratica."
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Thanks Mark,much appreciated,Googled Nuctenea umbratica,and it looks a good match.
Have just joined Britishspiders.org,and waiting for conformation.
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It's been id as a Wolf Spider-Genus Pardosa.
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