Tylan Berry

It's incredibly easy to find here, just vacuum any mossy tree trunk in a vaguely wooded area

One that i dont pick up that often, a Nationally Scarce species.
Picked up in West Sussex.
Monocephalus castaneipes
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Monochephalising, one might say

Lichen Running Spider at #RSPBArne today #Spiders @britishspiders.bsky.social

Was it deeper litter/thick moss?

Centromerus serratus picked up this week, I havent seen any since Feb this year. So now its one female and one male this year from a West Sussex site.
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I turned a few stone on Berry Head in the summer when I was last there. No Nothophantes, but Agyneta mollis was there, which is generally a limestone/chalk species. You never know!

Ah fab. I'll be down there in a couple of weeks and will keep my eyes out. Never seen them in town, but not at all surprised that they're there!

Whatever works!

The seven year old in me still gets excited when I go to Bristol, whatever the nature of the visit. There's always time to stop to play with Segestria florentina! @britishspiders.bsky.social

I turn A LOT of stones and I've still not seen it outside of Plymouth

Where abouts on the Taff? I remember seeing them on the footbridge over from Radyr train station in my youth.

I found this spider on the railings under the road bridge over the River Taff. Though it was sitting in its retreat, there was an orb-shaped web next to it, with a missing sector, but this doesn't look quite right for Zygiella x-notata. Thoughts please, spider people.

Nice, looks like Halorates to me. I've only seen a few females and I found the epigyne quite variable.

Yesterday's #Aractober is this epigyne. After last weekends ID session giving the Linys another go. Still working out what it is so any help would be appreciated!

I've only ever seen Sabacon northwards of the valleys

Great to see Steatoda albomaculata at long last, in high numbers too. Interesting that it doesn't seem to want to move far, a bit like Asagena phalerata which it was alongside. The webs are brilliant, a typical Theridiid snare underneath very low vegetation over sand @britishspiders.bsky.social

1/2 Looking for Badumna!
Over the past two weeks this Aussie has been spotted at stores from Barry, Cardiff, Brecon and Llandudno! When visiting any local store type mini garden section could you check for Badumna? The webs are easy to spot. Take a picture and add to the feed for ID help.

#Aractober. Segestria cf. bavarica (juv) from the shed door. This one decided to sprint up my jumper sleeve! Tbh it's not the first time it's happened.
Think I managed to shake it out😂
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Very much so, and rather distinctive in the field.

I've forgotten how satisfying it is putting similar species side by side this way! The undersides of male Zora armillata (above) and spinimana (below), with their respective palps. Nice to compare the coxae of legs4 - the "brillo pad" of hairs in Z. spinimana is clear. @britishspiders.bsky.social

Centromerita bicolor palp - spider's so big I almost thought it wasn't a Linny.

Clubiona stagnatalis palp. You can just make out the spear-like bit below the thumb.

Bathyphantes approximatus palp. A new spider for me but not for the site.

Testing the new hand gel on palps from todays excursion to Sweet Briar Marshes in Norwich. Clubiona stagnatalis, Bathyphantes approximatus and a Centromerita bicolor so large I didn't think it was a linny.

Little chance of that happening, they are about 5mm long.

Normally referred to as ghost spiders.

Or. Maybe. Not.

Ha......ha.....very funny

I knew I Zora difference!!

How ridiculoudly satisfying to see pics of all four of these species together. Clockwise from top left - armillata, spinimana, silvestris, nemoralis. @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @graemelyons.bsky.social @chalkspring.bsky.social @ajcann.bsky.social

No 15 and halfway ish there #Aractober it's the appropriately named 'black bummed money spider' Ostearius melanophygius @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social

Really awesome to see an adult male of the rare Glyphesis servulus in Cambridgeshire recently. A right whopper at 1mm! 😁 @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @graemelyons.bsky.social @chalkspring.bsky.social

Another hugely important find in the world of British spiders!!