Esmond Brown

It's common here (in South Bucks), to the point of distraction – almost everywhere where fallen leaves gather. I'm sure I've missed the much more scarce Walckenaeria obtusa on occasions due to their superficial similarity

Larinioides sclopetarius, Bridge Orb Weaver

I do. Deep leaf litter and moss are great insulators and many spiders can be found with a bit of patience, a sieve and a tray

I'm no fan of Truss, but there's mo way she could have been worse. Johnson was enabled by the worst elements of his party and the press. He repeatedly got away with actions that his predecessor and successor could never have done

Femnale Nigma walckenaeri on a green leaf.

Fed up with autumn leaf backgrounds yet? Let's go green.
Nigma walckenaeri.

#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #green #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

Cavernarum and serratus in the same week! Slow down and leave some for the rest of us

@britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk Really happy to find this spider (another follow-up of Rowley Snazell's old Bucks records). From a site I'd visited previously, but looking at in a new way, thanks to a tip from @chizz13.bsky.social
Walckenaeria dysderoides #spiders

This is a Jumping Spider (Salticidae). A Phidippus species, I think. Maybe Phidippus adumbratus

Nice to see this one, its the first time ive seen the male. From a woodland site in Sussex.
Pachygnatha listeri.
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🤣 👏🏾 chapeau

Excellent find, James. A spider that has not yet made my acquaintance... only the one vaguely located record here in Buckinghamshire, according to the recording scheme. I think @tylanberry.bsky.social is monopolising the species

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Lovely family holiday to Greece (Kos). I managed to find a little time to look for some local arachnids. Amazing diversity in a small place

Not one I've ever seen, but the one old (1974) record for Buckinghamshire, is from where I've recently found Walckenaerias obtusa and corniculans, both of which had similar pre-1980 records

Great records this week, for the West Sussex site i record for a male and female Hahina pusilla, waiting on a second opinion on the male but the female is easier to ID. Good records for a scarce species.
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Theridion melanurum has a uniformly dark brown prosoma. I'm not sure where you are located so I can't guess at an ID

Isn't this zimmermanni?

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Silent P, like in a swimming pool

Jan - too cold
Feb - too cold and wet
Mar - a few decent days
Apr - the sun came out briefly
May - perfect
Jun - it's getting a bit warm
Jul - too hot
Aug - off on holiday
Sep - back to school panic
Oct - panic over, a couple of really nice days
Nov - dark by 5pm
Dec - too cold

I suspect the chart is really a reflection of when arachnologists are most active

Our ecosystems are constantly under threat – we need more people finding and recording these tiny arachnids, because that's the only way we'll be able to protect their habitats

I don't like to jump down anyone's throat, but this is kind of blindingly ignorant comment that could put a budding entomologist off biological recording.

Now do one with Trochosa

It is indeed Linyphia triangularis, but I've never seen one standing on top of its web

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Tiny! Makes Maro minutus look like a giant

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

D.crocata for sure, your palp shots are good enough

#Aractober Woodlouse spider, Dysdera crocata. An adult male. Not great palp shots. Has femora spines, garden find plus at 11mm it's not going to be D erythrina. For more ID tips visit srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p...

Antistea elegans (Marsh Comb-tail)

Cicurina cicur

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Two spiders that I seem to find if I'm NOT looking for them:
Antistea elegans is a spider I've wanted to find on the Bucks section of the R. Chess, having years ago seen Doug Marriott's records for it on the Herts side