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Species of interest. Alopecosa barbipes is a strikingly-marked wolf spider, widespread in the UK - srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p.... Adults can be seen throughout the year, mostly on heathland or rough grassland. On sandy soils they can be abundant, and they can bury themselves in the sand.
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Species of interest. Alopecosa barbipes is a strikingly-marked wolf spider, widespread in the UK - srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p.... Adults can be seen throughout the year, mostly on heathland or rough grassland. On sandy soils they can be abundant, and they can bury themselves in the sand.
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Well this was neat.
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black | Live Science share.google/IcsbD2Lb3zhT...
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black | Live Science share.google/IcsbD2Lb3zhT...
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black
A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Well this was neat.
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black | Live Science share.google/IcsbD2Lb3zhT...
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black | Live Science share.google/IcsbD2Lb3zhT...
A New Species of Wishbone Spider Genus Damarchus from Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand
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October 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A New Species of Wishbone Spider Genus Damarchus from Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand
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li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tn...
May 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part XII
| Zootaxa
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March 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Hidden in the plains: Two new extra-andean species of Euathlus (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Argentina with comments on their sexual behaviour
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hidden in the plains: Two new extra‐andean species of Euathlus (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Argentina with comments on their sexual behaviour
Two new species of Euathlus (Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 1875, 25, 125) from Argentina are described. Euathlus ameghinoi sp. n. and Euathlus ...
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February 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Hidden in the plains: Two new extra-andean species of Euathlus (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Argentina with comments on their sexual behaviour
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Some of my favourite #harvestman #opiliones shots from last year. Getting a good shot is tricky without a stray leg getting in the way😅.
They're #arachnids but don't spin silk or have venom. They can't re-grow legs like spiders either and I often find them with several missing.
#macrophotography
They're #arachnids but don't spin silk or have venom. They can't re-grow legs like spiders either and I often find them with several missing.
#macrophotography
February 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Some of my favourite #harvestman #opiliones shots from last year. Getting a good shot is tricky without a stray leg getting in the way😅.
They're #arachnids but don't spin silk or have venom. They can't re-grow legs like spiders either and I often find them with several missing.
#macrophotography
They're #arachnids but don't spin silk or have venom. They can't re-grow legs like spiders either and I often find them with several missing.
#macrophotography
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Ghost Spider (Anyphaena sp.) and the Small-headed Fly (Acrocera sp.) that emerged from it.
In the second photo you can see it beginning to split open the spider’s abdomen.
#spider #diptera #parasitoid #macrophotography
In the second photo you can see it beginning to split open the spider’s abdomen.
#spider #diptera #parasitoid #macrophotography
January 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ghost Spider (Anyphaena sp.) and the Small-headed Fly (Acrocera sp.) that emerged from it.
In the second photo you can see it beginning to split open the spider’s abdomen.
#spider #diptera #parasitoid #macrophotography
In the second photo you can see it beginning to split open the spider’s abdomen.
#spider #diptera #parasitoid #macrophotography
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Publishing this week – Richard Lewington's brilliant new guide to British spiders. Pocket-sized, field-friendly and packing a powerful arachnid punch. Perfect for all lovers of Britain's wildlife. Order a copy here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pocket-gu...
Pocket Guide to British Spiders
Featuring 130 of the most common and readily identifiable species, this illustrated pocket guide is the ideal companion for anyone interested in the naturally o…
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January 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Publishing this week – Richard Lewington's brilliant new guide to British spiders. Pocket-sized, field-friendly and packing a powerful arachnid punch. Perfect for all lovers of Britain's wildlife. Order a copy here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pocket-gu...
A new species of tarantula of the genus Euathlus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Chile: distribution and possible threats to its conservation
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A new species of tarantula of the genus Euathlus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Chile: distribution and possible threats to its conservation
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January 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A new species of tarantula of the genus Euathlus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Chile: distribution and possible threats to its conservation
gayana.cl/index.php/gn...
gayana.cl/index.php/gn...
Four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae)
africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/1392...
africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/1392...
And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae)
As part of ongoing revisions of the Afrotropical Trachelidae, four new genera are described from southern Africa: Foordana gen. nov., with F. distincta sp. nov. from South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free S...
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January 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae)
africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/1392...
africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/1392...
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#NewSpecies!
New trapdoor spider from #china just trapped us:
Latouchia yaoi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/51128E69-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#BioDataJournal #LatouchiaYaoi
#FAIRdata
#biology #nature #biodiversity #conservation #wildlife #arachnology #arachnids #spiders
New trapdoor spider from #china just trapped us:
Latouchia yaoi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/51128E69-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#BioDataJournal #LatouchiaYaoi
#FAIRdata
#biology #nature #biodiversity #conservation #wildlife #arachnology #arachnids #spiders
January 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#NewSpecies!
New trapdoor spider from #china just trapped us:
Latouchia yaoi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/51128E69-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#BioDataJournal #LatouchiaYaoi
#FAIRdata
#biology #nature #biodiversity #conservation #wildlife #arachnology #arachnids #spiders
New trapdoor spider from #china just trapped us:
Latouchia yaoi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/51128E69-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#BioDataJournal #LatouchiaYaoi
#FAIRdata
#biology #nature #biodiversity #conservation #wildlife #arachnology #arachnids #spiders
Description of a new genus and two new species of Ornithoctoninae from Southeast Asia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
doi.org/10.18476/202...
doi.org/10.18476/202...
Description of a new genus and two new species of Ornithoctoninae from Southeast Asia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
Eine neue Gattung, Aspinochilus gen. n., die zur Unterfamilie Ornithoctoninae (Araneae: Theraphosidae) gehört, wird anhand der Typusart Aspinochilus rufus sp. n. aus Ost-Java beschrieben. Zudem wird e...
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January 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Description of a new genus and two new species of Ornithoctoninae from Southeast Asia (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
doi.org/10.18476/202...
doi.org/10.18476/202...
Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some Oriental Regions of China
mapress.com/mt/article/v...
Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some Oriental Regions of China
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January 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some Oriental Regions of China
mapress.com/mt/article/v...
The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus)
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus) - BMC Ecology and Evolution
The Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 is an iconic Australian species and considered among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans. Originally described in 18...
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus)
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Gondwanan relic or recent arrival? The biogeographic origins and systematics of Australian tarantulas
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Gondwanan relic or recent arrival? The biogeographic origins and systematics of Australian tarantulas
The composition of Australia’s fauna and flora has been largely assembled by two biogeographic processes, vicariance and long-distance dispersal and e…
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January 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Gondwanan relic or recent arrival? The biogeographic origins and systematics of Australian tarantulas
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Day 30 of my 2024 favorites: BLUE
I'd been aware of Sphodros abboti (one of our local mygalomorph species) for a few years, and that the males looked like this, but seeing one for myself was a bucket list event. This boy absolutely did not disappoint 💙
#InverteFest #AmericasAss
I'd been aware of Sphodros abboti (one of our local mygalomorph species) for a few years, and that the males looked like this, but seeing one for myself was a bucket list event. This boy absolutely did not disappoint 💙
#InverteFest #AmericasAss
December 31, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Day 30 of my 2024 favorites: BLUE
I'd been aware of Sphodros abboti (one of our local mygalomorph species) for a few years, and that the males looked like this, but seeing one for myself was a bucket list event. This boy absolutely did not disappoint 💙
#InverteFest #AmericasAss
I'd been aware of Sphodros abboti (one of our local mygalomorph species) for a few years, and that the males looked like this, but seeing one for myself was a bucket list event. This boy absolutely did not disappoint 💙
#InverteFest #AmericasAss
The jumping spiders of Mozambique (Araneae: Salticidae)
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December 29, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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Alopecosa barbipes, new site locally for me and amber listed species. This one from Rhoose area (1), my previous (2) from Cosmeston country park @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk
December 27, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Alopecosa barbipes, new site locally for me and amber listed species. This one from Rhoose area (1), my previous (2) from Cosmeston country park @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk
A new species in the genus Tityus from Colombia is also South America's first venom spraying scorpion
scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-ne...
scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-ne...
A new species in the genus Tityus from Colombia is also South America's first venom spraying scorpion
A very interesting article was recently published by Leo Laborieux. In this article he describes a new species of Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836...
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December 21, 2024 at 6:46 AM
A new species in the genus Tityus from Colombia is also South America's first venom spraying scorpion
scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-ne...
scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-ne...
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It took me way too long to do this one, but it's finally finished. If you're the kind of person who wants to watch a 40-minute video about Argiope aurantia, then I got you.
youtu.be/RJBIcgYZMdM
youtu.be/RJBIcgYZMdM
The Yellow Garden Spider - The Spiders in Your Yard
YouTube video by Travis McEnery
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December 20, 2024 at 5:12 AM
It took me way too long to do this one, but it's finally finished. If you're the kind of person who wants to watch a 40-minute video about Argiope aurantia, then I got you.
youtu.be/RJBIcgYZMdM
youtu.be/RJBIcgYZMdM
Description of a new species of Chaco Tullgren, 1905 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Pycnothelidae) from Argentina and the southernmost record of the genus bioone.org/journals/rev...
December 18, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Description of a new species of Chaco Tullgren, 1905 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Pycnothelidae) from Argentina and the southernmost record of the genus bioone.org/journals/rev...
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Day 9 of my 2024 favorites: Watching a trapdoor spider grow up!
Early March I happened to notice a small inhabited trapdoor burrow in a recently burned forest, and stopped by many times over the year to bring her snacks. She's very large now 🥹
(2nd shot is the 1st sighting, 1st shot is from today)
Early March I happened to notice a small inhabited trapdoor burrow in a recently burned forest, and stopped by many times over the year to bring her snacks. She's very large now 🥹
(2nd shot is the 1st sighting, 1st shot is from today)
December 10, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Day 9 of my 2024 favorites: Watching a trapdoor spider grow up!
Early March I happened to notice a small inhabited trapdoor burrow in a recently burned forest, and stopped by many times over the year to bring her snacks. She's very large now 🥹
(2nd shot is the 1st sighting, 1st shot is from today)
Early March I happened to notice a small inhabited trapdoor burrow in a recently burned forest, and stopped by many times over the year to bring her snacks. She's very large now 🥹
(2nd shot is the 1st sighting, 1st shot is from today)
Four new species of the genus Trilacuna Tong & Li, 2007 (Araneae, Oonopidae) from China
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1387...
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1387...
December 7, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Four new species of the genus Trilacuna Tong & Li, 2007 (Araneae, Oonopidae) from China
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1387...
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1387...