Nice review by Bill Parker, of my spider guide, in the @britishspiders.bsky.social newsletter
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Nice review by Bill Parker, of my spider guide, in the @britishspiders.bsky.social newsletter
Thank you Richard!
Green Crab Spider (Diaea dorsata) on a car in Buckinghamshire … in February! The first of three photos of the same spider.
Not what I expected to find sitting on my car after I’d cleaned it! The weather is a bit warmer today in the UK but it is only mid-February! It’s anchor thread of silk visible in a couple of images.
Green Crab Spider (Diaea dorsata)
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Out today, hope it’s well received.
Some gorgeous spiders’ webs in the garden this morning, beautifully highlighted by the overnight frost and fog
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Can’t see specimen but DUNNO is a bird ringer’s abbreviation for Dunnock. Parasites / flat flies collected from a dunnock, perhaps?
The cover of “Spiders” by WS Bristowe
1 of 3 : This week, we are going to highlight 7 different books on spiders that have been published over the last c.150 years that demonstrate the long-standing appeal of these fascinating invertebrates.
The first is Spiders by WS (Bill) Bristowe’s published by King Penguin in 1947
Linyphia hortensis
Linyphia hortensis
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… and the BAS will have a presence on here soon
Sarah, you are probably correct; the first known records of Pholcus phalangioides in Britain are from the mid-19th century, believed to have arrived with wine imports from SW France. However, that trade existed in the 16thC, so not impossible the species arrived sooner, just no one looking!
