Shreyas Kuchibhotla
@snake-spider-et-al.bsky.social
Biology DPhil student at Oxford - Snakes, spiders and centipedes (and their toxins) | Writer | TEDx speaker | Photographer
Do you ever get it at ground level? I've only see one male from the moss at the base of a tree trunk.
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Do you ever get it at ground level? I've only see one male from the moss at the base of a tree trunk.
Not particularly, but the reward made up for the effort!
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Not particularly, but the reward made up for the effort!
I find the massive PMEs to be a very reliable ID character for this species (which I find very frequently in London).
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I find the massive PMEs to be a very reliable ID character for this species (which I find very frequently in London).
Are they habitually araneophagic? Didn’t know that!
October 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Are they habitually araneophagic? Didn’t know that!
Day 14 - N for Nesticus (Nesticidae) - inhabitants of the dark
Day 15 - O for Oonops (Oonopidae) - goblin spiders
Day 16 - P for (cf) Pritha (Filistatidae) - crevice meshweavers
#arachtober A-Z
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Will add the rest soon!
Day 15 - O for Oonops (Oonopidae) - goblin spiders
Day 16 - P for (cf) Pritha (Filistatidae) - crevice meshweavers
#arachtober A-Z
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Will add the rest soon!
October 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Day 14 - N for Nesticus (Nesticidae) - inhabitants of the dark
Day 15 - O for Oonops (Oonopidae) - goblin spiders
Day 16 - P for (cf) Pritha (Filistatidae) - crevice meshweavers
#arachtober A-Z
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Will add the rest soon!
Day 15 - O for Oonops (Oonopidae) - goblin spiders
Day 16 - P for (cf) Pritha (Filistatidae) - crevice meshweavers
#arachtober A-Z
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Will add the rest soon!
Deaths by spider bite (in fact, spider bite itself) are incredibly rare. Let alone vitriolic hatred, all spiders want when faced with a human is to get away. @tylanberry.bsky.social has worked with thousands of individual spiders and I’m sure he can confirm that they simply do not bite!
October 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Deaths by spider bite (in fact, spider bite itself) are incredibly rare. Let alone vitriolic hatred, all spiders want when faced with a human is to get away. @tylanberry.bsky.social has worked with thousands of individual spiders and I’m sure he can confirm that they simply do not bite!
A rare privilege!
October 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A rare privilege!
(Linyphiidae, Gnaphosidae and Sparassidae respectively)
October 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
(Linyphiidae, Gnaphosidae and Sparassidae respectively)
(Thomisidae, Salticidae respectively)
October 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
(Thomisidae, Salticidae respectively)
Without a doubt
October 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Without a doubt
W. unicornis has eluded me forever!
October 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
W. unicornis has eluded me forever!
D is for Dysdera (Dysderidae), the iconic woodlouse spiders
and E for Euryopis (Theridiidae) - master ant-hunters
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and E for Euryopis (Theridiidae) - master ant-hunters
@britishspiders.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
D is for Dysdera (Dysderidae), the iconic woodlouse spiders
and E for Euryopis (Theridiidae) - master ant-hunters
@britishspiders.bsky.social
and E for Euryopis (Theridiidae) - master ant-hunters
@britishspiders.bsky.social