Mama (Huntsman I think) spider and her wee babies. #Aractober

Close up of an orb weaver spider with her web filled with small flies in Uganda The body is the size of a quarter.

Orb weaver with an abundance of food in Uganda
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What I think is a juv. C.atropos. Was looking for them in an area I have found them before but no larger spiders. Have inc a C.a previously found nearby.
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If I have read the palps correctly A.similis. #Aractober
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Never have heard it yet but they can make a buzzing sound. I should search for a recording. Anyphaena accentuata #Aractober

#Aractober 23 is the wine cellar spider, the smaller, posher, version of the common cellar spider. Psilochorus simoni. Silent P or S? @britishspiders.bsky.social Does the name refer to bare headed spiders that group together? I assume they don't have a tendency to sing opera 😊

Yesterday's #Aractober is this epigyne. After last weekends ID session giving the Linys another go. Still working out what it is so any help would be appreciated!

A macro photo of a green bodied spider on light blue painted wood. The spider's legs are slender and translucent, covered in many spine-like hairs and also have small black spots. The spider's cephalothorax, the front part of its body is oval, bright translucent green and features brown spots along the side and small brown hairs along the top of its head around the eyes. The abdomen is slenderly ovoid, and darker green, almost pickle-like.

Green Lynx, Peucetia viridans

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#Aractober. Segestria cf. bavarica (juv) from the shed door. This one decided to sprint up my jumper sleeve! Tbh it's not the first time it's happened.
Think I managed to shake it out😂
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Still plenty to be found. The web has a missing sector that helps with getting towards an ID. #Aractober Zygiella x-notata. I just call them Z X

A photo of a light brown spider, with banded legs, and two dark splodges on its abdomen, looking off to the bottom left of the frame. It's resting on a green leaf that is mottled with brown and white blotches.

No camera action for me for a while, so here's a Wolf #Spider from a month ago for #aractober. #wildlifefrommywindow #ukwildlife
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Busy and enjoying day at Cardiff Museum for a spider ID course with K.Slade @sewbrec.org.uk , R.Gallon and T.Dallimore. Nice to meet a mix of people new and from previous events. Great fun but professional.
Easy ID for today's #Aractober, Steatoda nobilis

#Aractober Local garden centre, friendly staff that don't mind me looking around. Always plenty of Uloborus plumipes there.

ID help needed for #Aractober today. Think this Harvestman is Sabacon? Found under some wood in a darkly wooded area. @megabunus.bsky.social Again with my glasses! Should have been better photos so understandable if ID is difficult.

A close up image of a spider in a plastic container.

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Two spiders in a plastic container on a red table next to a child in a red and white shirt.

Two children read a spider book to two spiders in plastic containers.

Two children tuck two spiders into some leaves after the spiders were relocated from the indoor classroom to the outdoor classroom.

Apparently the word is out in the #Spider community that our lessons are interesting and our classroom is a safe space! #Aractober #SacSpiders #CitizenScience #VT #ArachnidsAreAwesome #EastCoastKin

No 15 and halfway ish there #Aractober it's the appropriately named 'black bummed money spider' Ostearius melanophygius @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social

Shaken from bamboo today it's Tetragnatha, Long jawed orbweb spider. The sternum patterns can help divide them into two groups. T.extensa/pinicola have a yellow triangle, the others plain brown. #Aractober This one showing the classic pose

Found lots of tiny juv. ant mimics amongst pea gravel today. At least one looks like Phrurolithus festivus to me @britishspiders.bsky.social #Aractober

From the same location as yesterday. Two very much most likely Drassodes sp (Haplodrassus look similar) Varying from a pale toffee to a more velvety mahogany colour, doesn't really show in the pictures #Aractober The median eyes help separate them from the Clubiona

#Aractober Woodlouse spider, Dysdera crocata. An adult male. Not great palp shots. Has femora spines, garden find plus at 11mm it's not going to be D erythrina. For more ID tips visit srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p...

Platnickina tincta. Mostly juv. this time of year. Easy to find amongst ivy in my area. Have used an older photo of a more mature one as they are tiny atm. #Aractober

Definitely the smallest sub/adult non money spider I've yet found. Almost passed it by but the spinnerets caught my attention. Need someone to confirm ID pls @britishspiders.bsky.social Hahnia sp. Possibly H.nava as long hairs on the abdomen? New for me. #Aractober @tylanberry.bsky.social

Lots of money spiders, linyphiidae, today. All the males were ballooning. Females seemed to be staying put. In one pic you can just see a toothed carapace. Also included someone having a spider lunch. Didn't keep any for ID but did find something new for me. Will check it for tomorrows #Aractober

A suprise find, plus a new species for me today #Aractober First noticed the distinctive web, exactly as described. Quick look and there they were... Badumna longinqua. Lots of webs in the Barry B&M, guessing another location for S.Wales. @britishspiders.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @cofnod.org.uk

Surprise find while looking at a stone wall for a theradid. One of the Otter spiders, Pirata/Piratula, a juv. male. They are mostly associated with wet habitats. #Aractober

Another Harvestman for today's #Aractober. This time Dicranopalpus cf ramosus with it's distinctive forked palps and resting leg position. If you want to find out more info visit harvestmen.fscbiodiversity.uk

A photo of a leggy green and orange spider from above front resting on very pale blue siding. The spider has very slender and proportionately long translucent green legs which are covered in fine spine-like hairs. it has slender rusty orange pedipalps and behind them are outsized curved orange chelicerae. It's large main eyes are translucent and smaller eyes are clustered above and behind them next to a patch of bright orange scales. it's brownish green abdomen is just out of focus behind it.

Another photo of the jumping spider from above. The curvature of the large chelicerae is very evident and the slender brownish green abdomen is more in focus.

For today's #Aractober post I present this handsome Green Magnolia Jumping #Spider ( Lyssomanes viridis) lad from a few years back. The males have the ridiculously outsized chelicerae.

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#Aractober. Today it's a harvestman, L.blackwalli (correct me if wrong pls) Only about 30 species in the UK. One fused body part, many have long thing legs, 2 eyes and no silk.

Frontal picture of a large light brown spider.

Belly of a large light brown spider.

#Aractober Large, light brown spider of unknown variety.