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James Chisnall
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Im an engineer by trade, but im at my happiest when im out recording spiders.
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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
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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
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Centromerus serratus, from a site in Sussex.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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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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November 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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My 3rd record for Walckenaeria obtusa at this woodland site, all 3 have been in moss under pines, all my W.nudipalpis records from that site are from leaf litter under sweet chestnut trees.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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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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November 3, 2025 at 5:50 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
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Great records this week, for the West Sussex site i record for a male and female Hahina pusilla, waiting on a second opinion on the male but the female is easier to ID. Good records for a scarce species.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Great day Recording last week, i see these a fair bit on a site i record for, but i picked up 2 adult males and 1 adult female quite easily deep in Sweet Chestnut leaf litter. Normally i find the odd one in moss.
Walckenaeria dysderoides a nationally scarce species.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Couple of nice records this week for West Sussex.
Centromerus sylvaticus and Tapinocyba insecta.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A spider ive been looking for, ive found immatures but this is the first Adult Ero tuberculata, from West Sussex
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#spiders #erotuberculata #arachnid
August 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Uncovered this stunner while lifting heather in search of Gnaphosidae, Last record i can see in 1995 for this site, ive seen the webs before but never the spider, ive searched for wandering males no luck as of yet. Atypus affinis
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#spiders #arachnids
August 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Recorded two females and four male Thomisus onustus from a site in west sussex first time ive found them at this site, last records are from Dick Jones in 1996 so great the species is still there and doing well.
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#spiders #thomisusonustus #ukspiders
July 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Ive only seen this spider once before in my home. Its an adult male Theridion familiare. West Sussex

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June 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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A recent Trip out with @graemelyons.bsky.social on a survey he picked up this male Walckenaeria furcillata, and handed it to me to photograph its the first time ive seen this species and what a crazy looking Walc 😁.

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June 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Always a nice spider to catch up with this species Uloborus walckenaerius, classied as a rare species.
West sussex.
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May 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Always a nice spider to catch up with this species Uloborus walckenaerius, classied as a rare species.
West sussex.
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May 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Pick this species up earlier this week two males, Ive done recording a few times on this shingle site and thought the habitat would suit this species, glad my persistence paid off a great record for west sussex.
Pseudeuophrys obsoleta, a nationally scarce species.
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May 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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This species is Tiny compared to the rest of this Genus its Haplodrassus minor. I recently picked up a few whilst surveying a site in west sussex. It was quite abundant there.
Classied as nationally scarce.
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April 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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One from last week in damp woodland.
Haplodrassus silvestris.
Classied as nationally scarce.
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April 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Micaria subopaca, from West sussex. First time ive seen this species.
Classied as nationally scarce.
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April 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A Sussex beauty! Found earlier today the elusive Pachygnatha listeri. What Stunning species.
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April 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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While undertaking a small survey last week i picked up this one Liocranoeca striata a first for me,the habitat was vegetated shingle.
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April 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Such a stunning spider, Cheiracanthium virescens
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March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Zelotes apricorum, recorded from pine litter.
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March 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM