Someone innocently stumbling across this thread is going to be traumatised!
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Someone innocently stumbling across this thread is going to be traumatised!
We call that 'mouthfeel'
The forbidden caviar 😋
Assuming you're in the USA, this is Hibana gracilis, Garden Ghost Spider
I think that's Lathys humilis
Fence Post Jumping Spider – Marpissa muscosa – Rindenspringspinne
Yes, a very pale Steatoda nobilis, Noble False Widow
Pardosa nigriceps for the Lycosid
Lovely shots. Your spider is one of the Metepeira species, perhaps Metepeira labyrinthea, rather than Larinioides cornutus
First recorded in UK in 2020, so unlikely to be in anything but the most recent keys
Dicranopalpus larvatus
It's a spider (Thomisus onustus) – gets my vote every time
Wow, what a stare!
Your male looks mature to me - the palps are quite discreet in this genus. Look for a tibial apophysis - it's not present in immatures
Brilliant effort! What a wonderful way to go about it too!
Looked again. TMI & IV are roughly 0.4
2-2-2-2, I can't see any metatarsal trichbothria on I or IV
Sodom and Gomorrah had higher moral standards than USA
Mystery Linyphiidae found under a plant pot in a UK harden centre. 2-2-2-2 tibial spine count, 1.5mm body length
@britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @tylanberry.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social Looking for help with identifying this 1.5mm Liny, please. Found in a garden centre so might not be on the British list, but I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction
What British PM would?
No. They're not even thinking about themselves
Are you working your way through the alphabet?
Superb find! A great way to finish
Disco Doris has to be your best-named find of the year. I'm trying to imagine the underwater dance you did when you discovered it!
My top ten highlights of 2025! What a difficult year it was to rank these, there were so many amazing moments!
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I'm always slightly worried about walking on the beach at Charmouth. The cliffs above have been different on every visit. Beaminster is one of those English place names that I'm sure I pronounce incorrectly
From top left to bottom right: Walckenaeria corniculans, Hyptiotes paradoxus, Cercidia prominens, Centromerus prudens, Sibianor aurocinctus, Dolomedes fimbriatus, Ozyptila claveata, Argyroneta aquatica, Dictyna pusilla, Aelurillus v-insignitus, Cicurina cicur, Donacochara speciosa
From top left to bottom right: Gnaphosa leporina, Araniella inconspicua, Arctosa lacustris, Arctosa cinerea, Tetragnatha striata,Oxyopes heterophthalmus, Thanatus striatus, Ceratinella scabrosa, Coelotes terrestris, Dipoena torva
From top left to bottom right: Saaristoa firma, Lessertia dentichelis, Araniella displicata, Leviellus stroemi, Mastigusa arietina, Clubiona subsultans, Drassyllus praeficus, Walckenaeria dysderoides, Antistea elegans
@britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @graemelyons.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social @snake-spider-et-al.bsky.social Some of my favourite UK finds of 2025.
Happy New Year #spiders
Premature coleslaw
Birbs!
Merry Christmas, Anke and kiddo