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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 2h

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

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Tegwyn @arachnoteg.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 7d

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

Graeme Lyons @graemelyons.bsky.social · 7d

Mark Telfer and I only went and refound Aulonia albimana on the Isle of Wight two days ago! Quite possibly the best spider find of my life! Lots of other records too. analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/10/whit...

#spiders #Isleofwight #biologicalrecording #panspecieslisting

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Esmond Brown @chalkspring.bsky.social · 8d

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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

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Tegwyn @arachnoteg.bsky.social · 9d

A suprise find, plus a new species for me today #Aractober First noticed the distinctive web, exactly as described. Quick look and there they were... Badumna longinqua. Lots of webs in the Barry B&M, guessing another location for S.Wales. @britishspiders.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @cofnod.org.uk

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 8d

@sewbrec.org.uk, they're not in the database yet. I will try to get on that soon so they're accessible.

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 10d

These can be tricky as immatures when they're well patterned on the abdomen like this, but it's not Pirata s.l. note the lack of a v shape on the carapace midline. The wide, pale, mainly hairless carapace midline makes this Pardosa nigriceps. One of the very few that I'm happy to do without a scope!

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Esmond Brown @chalkspring.bsky.social · 12d

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Me: I don't have a favourite UK spider

Also me: 😍

#Arachtober

Ero tuberculata, a rather scarce Pirate Spider is found mainly on mature heathland on tall heather and gorse, but sometimes also in houses. It searches out the webs of other spiders in order to feed on the occupants

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 10d

Immature Kaestnaria pullata. A classic wetland vegetation Liny

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Andrew Douglas @andydouglas1967.bsky.social · 10d

Another from Wicken - these appear to have the same epigyne, but I think maybe they aren't yet mature females. I'm sure @tylanberry.bsky.social told me what they were but I can't recall. I'm wondering @britishspiders.bsky.social do the Tm ratios and spines work for immature linnys?

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Simon Phelps @simonphelps.bsky.social · 19d

Many people are afraid of spiders. However it would be hard to be scared of this one. This is Aelurillus v-insignitus, which I found on the dune heaths in Dorset last year. A lovely little jumping spider, very charming! Thanks to @tylanberry.bsky.social for the ID! @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 20d

Or Sintula corniger

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 20d

Araeoncus humilis is also a goodun!

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Shreyas Kuchibhotla @snake-spider-et-al.bsky.social · 20d

No. 2 and 1 in the weirdest spider palps contest (UK chapter).

Left: Labulla thoracica, right: Mastigusa arietina.

Lucky enough to see both within a week, and finally photograph Mastigusa properly (thanks to @chalkspring.bsky.social)

@tylanberry.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 20d

Yes, that's the one.

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 20d

They can be a tricky species pair, unless you have an excellent view of the palp like that. Females are very difficult.

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 21d

That's an excellent photo, clearly shows the two teeth on the paracymbium.

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Andrew Douglas @andydouglas1967.bsky.social · 21d

Going through a few tubes left over from spring - East Winch in May this time. I think this must be Agyneta saxatilis, with the 'thumbs up' apophysis.

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 21d

Excellent to see an immature!

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 21d

Sub-adult Horrid Ground Weaver Nothophantes horridus in Plymouth, Devon today. The first record for September of this UK endemic spider. They mature in November with a peak of activity for the adults in December.

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Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social · 21d

A random encounter at a refurbished farmhouse - I wondered what this little orange blob moving slowly across the floor was. As soon as I saw the distinctive dash, the game was up! Oonops domesticus, new to the Lizard Peninsula @britishspiders.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk