Candy Stripe spider.

Common Candy-striped Spider Enoplognatha ovata.

This spider can reach a length of 6 mm (excluding legs), and their legs are translucent. This spider’s globular abdomen is extremely variable in colour and pattern their background colour is white/cream or green and can be marked with a row of dark spots, a broad red stripe or with two red stripes in a v-shape. Despite its small size, this spider can prey on insects many times its size. 

Egg Sack.

This spider was within a field of thistles.

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