James Chisnall
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Im an engineer by trade, but im at my happiest when im out recording spiders.
January 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
A second Important record for West Sussex, I found it last year. And found it again today at a different site. Centromerus cavernarum.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
A second Important record for West Sussex, I found it last year. And found it again today at a different site. Centromerus cavernarum.
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Superb! I really like this species i found them at a second site for Sussex on Christmas eve.
January 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Superb! I really like this species i found them at a second site for Sussex on Christmas eve.
Reposted by James Chisnall
Another interesting Liny from the dying light of Halvana Plantation of a late afternoon last week. A second Cornish site for Maro minutus. This little 1mm thing is weirdly distinctive in the tray...aided very much by a head torch!! @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @graemelyons.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Another interesting Liny from the dying light of Halvana Plantation of a late afternoon last week. A second Cornish site for Maro minutus. This little 1mm thing is weirdly distinctive in the tray...aided very much by a head torch!! @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @graemelyons.bsky.social
But also like you said shame the spiders didnt make maturity.
January 2, 2026 at 10:17 PM
But also like you said shame the spiders didnt make maturity.
Yeah pretty interesting 👍
January 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Yeah pretty interesting 👍
At the end of last year i collected a spider i was hoping to raise that all changed when this parasitic fungi took hold of it i suspect gibellula sp. Quite fasinating really.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
At the end of last year i collected a spider i was hoping to raise that all changed when this parasitic fungi took hold of it i suspect gibellula sp. Quite fasinating really.
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#gibellula #spider
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Honourable mentions (this list was very tough to compile and I feel I need a way to cheat a bit):
Clockwise: Gasteracantha doriae, Walckenaeria nodosa, Haplodrassus minor, Walckenaeria corniculans, (thanks @chizz13.bsky.social and @chalkspring.bsky.social)
Clockwise: Gasteracantha doriae, Walckenaeria nodosa, Haplodrassus minor, Walckenaeria corniculans, (thanks @chizz13.bsky.social and @chalkspring.bsky.social)
December 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Honourable mentions (this list was very tough to compile and I feel I need a way to cheat a bit):
Clockwise: Gasteracantha doriae, Walckenaeria nodosa, Haplodrassus minor, Walckenaeria corniculans, (thanks @chizz13.bsky.social and @chalkspring.bsky.social)
Clockwise: Gasteracantha doriae, Walckenaeria nodosa, Haplodrassus minor, Walckenaeria corniculans, (thanks @chizz13.bsky.social and @chalkspring.bsky.social)
A few from last weekend in West Sussex. Walckenaeria cucullata, Centromerus serratus and Cicurina cicur.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A few from last weekend in West Sussex. Walckenaeria cucullata, Centromerus serratus and Cicurina cicur.
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#spiders #sussex
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Great Record on Sunday, Centromerus serratus this record makes two sites now in West Sussex that ive picked this species up.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Great Record on Sunday, Centromerus serratus this record makes two sites now in West Sussex that ive picked this species up.
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Thanks, its all so fasinating.
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thanks, its all so fasinating.
This Male Walckenaeria acuminata may be common but its a fantastic looking spider, since getting into Linys this Genus is so fasinating. And its great that the male and female of this species can be Identified with a hand Lens.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This Male Walckenaeria acuminata may be common but its a fantastic looking spider, since getting into Linys this Genus is so fasinating. And its great that the male and female of this species can be Identified with a hand Lens.
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Yes Centromerus cavernarum
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yes Centromerus cavernarum
I believe so i cannot see an records from that area, @graemelyons.bsky.social will know if its a new hectad record.
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I believe so i cannot see an records from that area, @graemelyons.bsky.social will know if its a new hectad record.
From an ancient beech woodland in West Sussex, its a pig to get to with all the gear, and to date ive never seen much there. But thats has changed samples from the 9th November have produced Centromerus cavernarum!!One i had hoped for there.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
From an ancient beech woodland in West Sussex, its a pig to get to with all the gear, and to date ive never seen much there. But thats has changed samples from the 9th November have produced Centromerus cavernarum!!One i had hoped for there.
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If you like i can try and document it with photos and send in for the BAS news letter if that helps? @britishspiders.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
If you like i can try and document it with photos and send in for the BAS news letter if that helps? @britishspiders.bsky.social
For me which i shared with @chalkspring.bsky.social is i find it in the trenches in woodland where the leaf litter is deep, i then move all the fresh stuff and sieve the well rotted black layer of leaves seems to work well.
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
For me which i shared with @chalkspring.bsky.social is i find it in the trenches in woodland where the leaf litter is deep, i then move all the fresh stuff and sieve the well rotted black layer of leaves seems to work well.
I can see an old record for East Sussex in the early 90's. This record is for West Sussex.
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I can see an old record for East Sussex in the early 90's. This record is for West Sussex.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Very nice glad the tip paid off!
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Very nice glad the tip paid off!
Reposted by James Chisnall
@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
Walckenaeria dysderoides #spiders
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
@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
Walckenaeria dysderoides #spiders
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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Pachygnatha listeri.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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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Pachygnatha listeri.
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