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The presence of Pimoa graphitica in this area, and the absence of other Pimoa species was studied by Stefano Mammola, Gustavo Hormiga, Miquel A. Arnedo and Marco Isaia in
"Unexpected diversity in the relictual European spiders
of the genus Pimoa (Araneae : Pimoidae)", 2016.
I see that Pimoa webs remind someway Theridiidae ones, maybe less three-dimensional.
In an old cave in the woods, at about 1450 - 1500 m, several specimens.

Maybe Bolyphantes (for habitus, pattern and hairs on palps...).
Bl about 3,5 mm.
Larches wood, at about 1700 m.
https://arachno.piwigo.com/index?/category/893-bolyphantes_luteolus
https://arachno.piwigo.com/index?/category/1146-bolyphantes_nigropictus

Eratigena agrestis, I think.
On the flat part of a mountain brook bank; in that place the slope wasn't steep, but quite plane.
Web at the side of a stone on the ground (you can see the stone and the location in two photos), but not so far from the water, or high over it, I mean that every flood could submerge it.
At 1680 m.
Body lenght 7 - 9 mm.
Seen the seasonality (adults from june to november), and its bl, maybe a young/subadult female?
https://wiki.arages.de/index.php?title=Eratigena_agrestis

I humbly suppose Nomisia exornata, I explain why.
In this Region are known two species, N. exornata and N. aussereri.
In this season you should see adults of N. aussereri (N. exornata adults occur in spring - summer); this specimen is about 4 mm body lenght, smaller than adult N. aussereri specimens.
So I suppose it's a young N. exornata...

Monitoring activity with
@valchie

Eresus kollari, I think, for: white hairs around black dots, red hairs on legs III and IV, and season (E. kollari adults should occur in late summer - fall).
1480 m.

In the first photo you can see, although from behind, the right fang. It was trying to terrify us. In the third photo it was indeed in its typical scaring display (deimatic display? - atteggiamento terrifico).

Monitoring activity with:
@simona_molino
@valchie

Two adult females, both carrying their eggsac, one already with some spiderlings on her back.
At about 1900 m, larches wood, clearings.

Monitoring activity with
@valentina-raganella
@silviakarina
@sbaluf
@simona_molino
Chiara

On pebbles very near a brook at 1890 m, at the bottom of a valley.

I'm going on to add obs of the several Pardosa specimens we saw here.
I suppose they were different species,
I think you could id at species level just two of them...
In this obs you see a nice greyish pattern female with eggsac. Different female from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104044587

Monitoring activity with:
@silviakarina
@cinziafornero
@guido_teppa
@simona_molino

A male specimen approaching a female web.
I'd like to identify as P. tepidariorum instead of similar P. simulans for body lenght, at least the female was over 5 mm.
In a sheltered spot on a building wall (exp. N), over 1000 m, NW Italy.

A differenza degli altri ragni che osservo in questo periodo questo è un ragno grande, anche lui su una colonnetta di cemento al sole. Non mi sembra di averlo già osservato prima, mi sembra una specie nuova.