Not a bad day in the office.

#ecology #entomology

Can never get over the adorable eyes! Fab sighting

A tiny pale grey baby harvestman wandering over some dark soil on a stone. To the top and bottom of the photo are numerous little round harvestman eggs, pale grey in colour.

Close-up of the baby harvestman which has short, pale translucent legs and a slightly darker body with faint grey markings. In the bottom left corner is a cluster of small, round pale eggs.

Close-up of the harvestman eggs which are pale and round. Within several of them you can clearly see the pair of dark eyes of the tiny baby harvestman inside waiting to hatch out. In several you can also just make out the legs wrapped around the body.

Cuteness overload: adorable baby harvestman, newly hatched, alongside a cluster of eggs - the eyes of the babies are clearly visible inside the unhatched eggs and you can just make out the legs. They were found under a stone in my local cemetery. #arachnids #harvestmen

Thank you for all of your many records!

Huge thanks to those submitting records via iRecord. Will be doing some verifying tomorrow #harvestmen @britishacademy.bsky.social #arachnids

We are all waking up for spring.

I'm trying to make amends, manage life and prepare for the busy season ahead. Let's enjoy recording inverts and stay sane!

What are you all up to?

Rilaena triangularis

Rilaena triangularis

Nemastoma bimaculatum

Rilaena triangularis

Ten minutes yesterday turning over logs at a new site for me, and two species of Harvestmen found. #Harvestmen #Arachnids #Irecord

Friend, Foe, or Freeloader? The Flower Crab Spider Rose Christopher (Newcastle University) shares her research on the Flower Crab Spider (Misumena vatia).

This event might be of interest to British Arachnological Society member:

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It's tomorrow! Join us for a family friendly invertebrate fair with a range of talks, activities and exhibitions!

Shameless plug for possibly my favourite day of the year! The Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair. A brilliant event with just loads of interesting stands and people. At a new site this year so should be more space 😊😊😊😊

A sheet of white paper with four black and white ink drawings of harvestmen. Top row: left Odiellus spinosus, right Dicranopalpus larvatus. Bottom row: left Paroligolophus agrestis, right Leiobunum blackwalli (only the first centimetre or so of the legs have been drawn on this one).

More harvestman line drawings completed. Leiobunum species have such long legs that I didn't even try and fit them on the page.

Great photos! Looks like ramosus (male)

They are popping up all over the place so I'm not surprised - great record! Please submit to iRecord if you haven't already 😀

Our international journal Arachnology is freely available to our members (see britishspiders.org.uk/join) and we are also very pleased that it is made available to a much wider audience via BioOne.

🧵A very happy New Year to all our followers and a gentle reminder that it's never too late to resolve to submit your #arachnid records to the GB #Spider, #Harvestman and #Pseudoscorpion Recording Schemes via our #iRecord form: irecord.org.uk/enter-srs-re.... #NewYearsResolution #MakeYourRecordsCount

Missing the summer sweeping! Excited for the spring months and exciting changes in 2026.

Cute is subjective but an iconic species! Looking forward to this one - it's the "in between" species so lots of facts about all aspects of harvestmen..

Arboreal Harvestmen Learn about the harvestmen species of the UK found on vegetation with Meg Skinner.

Last chance to book on our Arboreal Harvestmen webinar taking place this evening.Learn about species such as Dicranopalpus ramosus, Leiobunum rotundum and Phalangium opilio. @britishspiders.bsky.social @megabunus.bsky.social
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Arboreal Harvestmen Learn about the harvestmen species of the UK found on vegetation with Meg Skinner.

Last chance to book on our Arboreal Harvestmen webinar taking place this evening, all about legs, prey capture and much more!

Participants can book and watch the presentation later as it will be recorded and distributed.

Date: 30 dec • 18:30

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Arboreal Harvestmen Learn about the harvestmen species of the UK found on vegetation with Meg Skinner.

Not long now! Book your place on my course: Arboreal Harvestmen (recording available after the event if booked/requested). Very excited for this one, we will be talking about legs and the physiology that harvestmen use for their arboreal lifestyle!

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Lush day on Bredon. Getting better at leaving the house for walking trips!

Spent some of Sunday looking through the wet collection at BENHS HQ. Most specimens from the late 60s and early 70s in great condition! Their members days offer us to look through specimens and utilise brilliant microscopes @britentsoc.bsky.social #arachnids #harvestmen #entomology #invertebrates

Spot on! They do vary slightly in colour and markings but an important one to recognise as they are so common!

Meet a tiny UK harvestman with a wild eye-turret topped with spiny “lashes.” 👀🕷️

Join our final entoLEARN UK Harvestmen webinar with @megabunus.bsky.social on 5 February 2026 to explore subterranean + generalist species.

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Lovely day for a bird survey. V grateful to go out today

Oligolophus hanseni

Oligolophus hanseni.

#Arachnids #Opiliones #VC55

Struggling with shaky hands at the moment - pin spheres are super helpful for examining pinned specimens. My colleague made this but check out Richard's ArthroSphere: www.arthropods.co.uk/ArthroSphere...

#maybeitssertraline #entomology #ssri #endthestigma

Martin's enthusiasm and knowledge for spiders is absolutely infectious - this will be a great event! @britishspiders.bsky.social

UK orbweb spiders up close! 🕸️

Join Martin Frost on Tuesday, 5th May to learn about Garden Spiders, Wasp Spiders & more, their webs, ecology & behaviour. Ideal for enthusiasts & beginners. 🌍 🧪

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Wasp time! @britentsoc.bsky.social