Tylan Berry
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Spiders. It's all about the spiders.
Cornwall, UK 〓〓
Cornwall, UK 〓〓
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One that i dont pick up that often, a Nationally Scarce species.
Picked up in West Sussex.
Monocephalus castaneipes
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Picked up in West Sussex.
Monocephalus castaneipes
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November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
One that i dont pick up that often, a Nationally Scarce species.
Picked up in West Sussex.
Monocephalus castaneipes
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Picked up in West Sussex.
Monocephalus castaneipes
@britishspiders.bsky.social
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October 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Centromerus serratus picked up this week, I havent seen any since Feb this year. So now its one female and one male this year from a West Sussex site.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Centromerus serratus picked up this week, I havent seen any since Feb this year. So now its one female and one male this year from a West Sussex site.
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The seven year old in me still gets excited when I go to Bristol, whatever the nature of the visit. There's always time to stop to play with Segestria florentina! @britishspiders.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The seven year old in me still gets excited when I go to Bristol, whatever the nature of the visit. There's always time to stop to play with Segestria florentina! @britishspiders.bsky.social
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I found this spider on the railings under the road bridge over the River Taff. Though it was sitting in its retreat, there was an orb-shaped web next to it, with a missing sector, but this doesn't look quite right for Zygiella x-notata. Thoughts please, spider people.
October 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I found this spider on the railings under the road bridge over the River Taff. Though it was sitting in its retreat, there was an orb-shaped web next to it, with a missing sector, but this doesn't look quite right for Zygiella x-notata. Thoughts please, spider people.
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Yesterday's #Aractober is this epigyne. After last weekends ID session giving the Linys another go. Still working out what it is so any help would be appreciated!
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Yesterday's #Aractober is this epigyne. After last weekends ID session giving the Linys another go. Still working out what it is so any help would be appreciated!
Great to see Steatoda albomaculata at long last, in high numbers too. Interesting that it doesn't seem to want to move far, a bit like Asagena phalerata which it was alongside. The webs are brilliant, a typical Theridiid snare underneath very low vegetation over sand @britishspiders.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Great to see Steatoda albomaculata at long last, in high numbers too. Interesting that it doesn't seem to want to move far, a bit like Asagena phalerata which it was alongside. The webs are brilliant, a typical Theridiid snare underneath very low vegetation over sand @britishspiders.bsky.social
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1/2 Looking for Badumna!
Over the past two weeks this Aussie has been spotted at stores from Barry, Cardiff, Brecon and Llandudno! When visiting any local store type mini garden section could you check for Badumna? The webs are easy to spot. Take a picture and add to the feed for ID help.
Over the past two weeks this Aussie has been spotted at stores from Barry, Cardiff, Brecon and Llandudno! When visiting any local store type mini garden section could you check for Badumna? The webs are easy to spot. Take a picture and add to the feed for ID help.
October 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
1/2 Looking for Badumna!
Over the past two weeks this Aussie has been spotted at stores from Barry, Cardiff, Brecon and Llandudno! When visiting any local store type mini garden section could you check for Badumna? The webs are easy to spot. Take a picture and add to the feed for ID help.
Over the past two weeks this Aussie has been spotted at stores from Barry, Cardiff, Brecon and Llandudno! When visiting any local store type mini garden section could you check for Badumna? The webs are easy to spot. Take a picture and add to the feed for ID help.
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#Aractober. Segestria cf. bavarica (juv) from the shed door. This one decided to sprint up my jumper sleeve! Tbh it's not the first time it's happened.
Think I managed to shake it out😂
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Think I managed to shake it out😂
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October 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#Aractober. Segestria cf. bavarica (juv) from the shed door. This one decided to sprint up my jumper sleeve! Tbh it's not the first time it's happened.
Think I managed to shake it out😂
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Think I managed to shake it out😂
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I've forgotten how satisfying it is putting similar species side by side this way! The undersides of male Zora armillata (above) and spinimana (below), with their respective palps. Nice to compare the coxae of legs4 - the "brillo pad" of hairs in Z. spinimana is clear. @britishspiders.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I've forgotten how satisfying it is putting similar species side by side this way! The undersides of male Zora armillata (above) and spinimana (below), with their respective palps. Nice to compare the coxae of legs4 - the "brillo pad" of hairs in Z. spinimana is clear. @britishspiders.bsky.social
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Testing the new hand gel on palps from todays excursion to Sweet Briar Marshes in Norwich. Clubiona stagnatalis, Bathyphantes approximatus and a Centromerita bicolor so large I didn't think it was a linny.
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Testing the new hand gel on palps from todays excursion to Sweet Briar Marshes in Norwich. Clubiona stagnatalis, Bathyphantes approximatus and a Centromerita bicolor so large I didn't think it was a linny.
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
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
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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
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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No 15 and halfway ish there #Aractober it's the appropriately named 'black bummed money spider' Ostearius melanophygius @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
No 15 and halfway ish there #Aractober it's the appropriately named 'black bummed money spider' Ostearius melanophygius @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social
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
October 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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
Another hugely important find in the world of British spiders!!
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
#spiders #Isleofwight #biologicalrecording #panspecieslisting
October 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Another hugely important find in the world of British spiders!!
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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
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
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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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
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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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
October 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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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Me: I don't have a favourite UK spider
Also me: 😍
#Arachtober
Me: I don't have a favourite UK spider
Also me: 😍
#Arachtober
October 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Me: I don't have a favourite UK spider
Also me: 😍
#Arachtober
Me: I don't have a favourite UK spider
Also me: 😍
#Arachtober
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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?
October 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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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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
September 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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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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)
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Left: Labulla thoracica, right: Mastigusa arietina.
Lucky enough to see both within a week, and finally photograph Mastigusa properly (thanks to @chalkspring.bsky.social)
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September 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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)
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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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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.
September 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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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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.
September 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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.
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
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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
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Four nice Araneus'. Two forms of Araneus marmoreus, a quadratus, and a nice dark brown diadematus. @britishspiders.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Four nice Araneus'. Two forms of Araneus marmoreus, a quadratus, and a nice dark brown diadematus. @britishspiders.bsky.social