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levondymond.bsky.social
In my flower cave. June 2025.

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A tiny green spider hides in a little petal cave it has created on a dog daisy.
June 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
levondymond.bsky.social
Female crab spider. July 2025.

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a white with green trim crab spider dangles off the edge of a purple flower.
August 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
pkster101.bsky.social
'Buzzing' or 'Ghost' spider - 'Anyphaena numida'

13th Sussex & 60th nationally confirmed on iRecord

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October 2, 2026 at 10:10 AM
wsnatureandfossils.bsky.social
Something to brighten up a dull day! 🩷💗💜 The wonderful Thomisus onustus or Heather Crab Spider. All pictures taken last summer.

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February 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
plantjunkie2.bsky.social
Look at this little beauty. Not everyone's cup of tea, but all part of the food chain.🕷️

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May 15, 2024 at 1:37 PM
sconzani.bsky.social
Delighted to have 2 recent spider finds verified, Steatoda nobilis & Zygiella x-notata, from local park railings. They may be commonplace but I'm just getting started on spiders, so it's good to know I'm making progress & for @sewbrec.org.uk to know their book grant is paying off. ☺️ #BritishSpiders
March 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
markwright12002.bsky.social
Wasp Spider
Purbeck Heaths NNR, Dorset
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June 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
sconzani.bsky.social
Also from this morning's Bay circuit: 2 spiders on Gorse which I think are both Agalematea redii (my guide book says it's quite variable) (does anyone else see the face on its back? 💀), and the first crab spider I've seen this year, Misumena vatia, perched on a Dandelion. #BritishSpiders
March 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
pkster101.bsky.social
Buzzing spider 'Anyphaena numida'

33 existing records on Britishspiders.org, none south of London

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September 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
marcusbugs.bsky.social
Spider crossing!
Perhaps one of the ant mimics?
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Spider crossing the pavement.
May 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
hannahbreach.bsky.social
Marpissa muscosa or Fencepost Jumping Spider, a beautifully marked spider that I've seen a couple of times on my rabbits' run!
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September 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
pkster101.bsky.social
A rarity in these parts: Sheet-web spider 'Ostearius melanopygius'

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March 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
spiderznbeetlez.bsky.social
Unbelievable luck to find a beautiful female Arctosa alpigena running towards me in the short grass just below the boulder field on Derry Cairngorm at Mar Lodge in Aberdeenshire yesterday, last UK record 2013
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June 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
pkster101.bsky.social
A beautiful Cucumber spider (Araniella cucurbitina or A. opisthographa)

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December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
pkster101.bsky.social
Just the 3rd Brighton record:

Trachyzelotes pedestris

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April 8, 2026 at 10:29 AM
pkster101.bsky.social
Easter Fox-spider (Alopecosa barbipes) my 2nd new Alopecosa in less than 24hrs.

What a beauty!

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September 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
ianballam.bsky.social
I've seen many Zebra Jumping Spider(Salticus scenicus) around #LytchettFields but this was the 1st time I'd seen one with prey . At Rock Lea Viewpoint 17/07/25 @BritishSpiders
August 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
pkster101.bsky.social
The Nationally Scarce spider 'Alopecosa cuneata'

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September 10, 2026 at 7:07 PM
pkster101.bsky.social
Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)

Juvenile
Male adult
Female adult

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July 23, 2026 at 10:10 AM
stevetypesstuff.bsky.social
Hi can @britishspiders.bsky.social I’d this species for me. Very active and hard to photograph as it would not stop walking. Male? 30mm across the legs (approx), distinct pale yellow markings on the abdomen. Safely released!
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A spider sits on the back of my hand. Dark brown, 30mm across, with pale markings on abdomen. Dorsal view. A spider sits on my hand. Club-shaped pedipalps.
August 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
pkster101.bsky.social
Nationally scarce, and I believe, the first Brighton record:

Ballus chalybeius (Oak Jumping Spider)

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March 20, 2026 at 7:42 PM
pkster101.bsky.social
A nationally scarce Yellow-legged Zipper spider (Trachyzelotes pedestris.

This time in the garden.

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June 30, 2026 at 11:06 AM
rachbicker.bsky.social
Salticus scenicus (Zebra Jumping Spider) on my portacabin wall today @BritishSpiders @SussexWildlife
January 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
naturebureau.bsky.social
Anybody know what this tiny red-legged mite is? 🕷️ Spotted on Frullania dilatata liverworts growing on tree trunks in Berkshire and Somerset by our Director, Peter Creed.
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December 4, 2024 at 11:35 AM
andydouglas1967.bsky.social
The abdominal pattern isn't clear enough from the picture for me to tell, but I'd probably plump for Steatoda grossa, but could be nobilis. If you're on twitter then the british arachnological society (@BritishSpiders) would probably be able to say either way.
September 10, 2024 at 11:49 AM