Andy Pym

40 Siskin in birches on New Rd, Filton nr Holiday Inn Express this morning.
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And a drawing of the spitting spider in action from W S Bristowe's 'The World of Spiders' in the New Naturalist series (1958)

A small yellowish beetle (with a tiny black one on it's back just above it) running about in a white plastic tray. The beetle is rather flattish and has a covering of fine hairs on its wing cases. The pronotum is large with a wavy rear edge. The beetle has quite long antennae and has no eyes.

A really nice find from yesterday. Sieving leaf litter in the Rosary Cemetery in Norwich, I spotted this small (circa 2mm) rather flat and eyeless beetle in my tray. It's Leptinus testaceus and it lives in small mammal nests (mostly Wood Mouse) and is rarely encountered. Very fast moving!

Really nice indeed!

Norellia spinipes on a Daffodil

Norellia spinipes on Daffodils at Goblin Combe nr Bristol y'day. New for me. c10 incl several pairs in cop.
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I found a large number of these on a fallen beech on my walk today, seemingly feeding on a fungus. Never seen them before. I looked them up when I got home. Endomychus coccineus - False Ladybird larva. They’re very cool looking.

Nice indeed! I've only seen the adults a few times on Exmoor.

A nice find on a well known online selling site.

Yes, iRecord via the Society.

Can you edit records after you've submitted them? @britishspiders.bsky.social I forgot to mention green bin in comments.

Ero aphana (sternum checked) - female on the underside of the lid of our green bin when I put it out just now. Always a good place to check. Only my 2nd in & around the garden.
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A very brief and much needed visit to my beloved Exmoor earlier this week. 2 Goshawk (a pair flying together), 2 Firecrest (pair) & male Dartford Warbler the highlights.

Nice photo, John.

Female Hedgehog Harvestman Nemastomella bacillifera, Billacombe, Plymouth last week - always good to see these 'punk rock' harvestmen

Thank you.

If you can send me the link, I'll add the record now. No worries if not.

Scytodes thoracica (Spitting Spider)

Scytodes thoracica (Spitting Spider)

Nice find on the ceiling in the front room just now. Scytodes thoracica (Spitting Spider)
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Nemastomella bacilliferum (Hedgehog Harvestman)

One of the Nemastomella bacilliferum (Hedgehog Harvestman) from the day trip to Plymouth y'day to meet up with @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social
Thanks again John!
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Also, Dicranopalpus larvatus (new for me), Cryptachaea blattea, Scotolemon doriae, Trechus subnotatus (new for me) & a singing Firecrest.

Horrid Ground-weaver Nothophantes horridus - male

A superb day trip to Plymouth y'day to meet up with @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social 3 Horrid Ground-weaver Nothophantes horridus (2 female & 1 male) & 4 Nemastomella bacilliferum (Hedgehog Harvestman). Both lifers. Thanks again John!
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Got mine today as well!

Nice surprise with the post just now.

Great photo of 'the boy'.

A little strip of Beech woodland beside a green field with thick woodland in the background. The trees are bare branched with smooth grey-green trunks and there is a deep carpet of red-brown dead leaves beneath them.

The underside of a dark grey log with holes in it and a greyish-brown harvestman with spiny legs sprawled out on it.

Close-up of the harvestmen showing a dark and light chequerboard pattern on its back with two rows of blunt spines running down it. The eyes are dark and quite small. The body is rather flattened and the legs are very spiny.

An unprepossessing little strip of Beech woodland in Norfolk that I visited yesterday. Turned over a log and low and behold, there was only my second ever Norfolk Homalenotus quadridentatus! #arachnids #opiliones #harvestman

Thanks, Graeme!

I've been looking forward to this one! @graemelyons.bsky.social

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How to make a perfect 360° ant snare whilst ensuring your dangerous prey can't get anywhere near you as you rest. Handily in a sheltered nook too, away from the last 45+ days of Cornish rain! Cryptachaea blattea are amazing - the ingenuity of Theridiids knows no bounds! @britishspiders.bsky.social

Indeed!

My pleasure, David. I meant to add this in a comment, so thanks for doing it.