Archive of: Spiders

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  Eight legs good? Jumping Spiders

  31 October 2019

  Jumping spiders may seem like a terrifying prospect but they are among the tiniest of our 650 native spider species - and arguably the cutest.

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  Britain's Heaviest Spider

  14 October 2019

  The Four-spotted Orbweaver Araneus quadratus is Britain’s heaviest spider, coming in at a whopping 2.5 grams.

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  Wasp Spiders

  10 August 2018

  The world of invertebrates is a strange one indeed. Full of illusion and deception, things are often not as they seem and a prime example of this is mimicry.

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  Surface Tension

  18 June 2017

  Great news as the UK’s largest spider has been found at a new site in Sussex

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  Into the jaws of death

  21 September 2016

  Female wasp spiders can be seen in Sussex hanging in their large orb-shaped web in grassland from April to October?

• Spiders around your home

  12 October 2014

• The X-Files

  27 April 2014

  Author Graeme LyonsEcologistTwo days. Two different invertebrate surveys. Two Xysticus crab spiders that I've not seen until now. Now by far the commonest Xysticus is Xysticus cristatus and you have to look through a lot of these to find the less common

• 24 January 2013

  Author Chris Bentley Pellenes tripunctatus / Chris BentleyDuring the last couple of years I have been seeing a lot of spiders at Rye

• The Spiders from Mars

  14 January 2013

  Authors Graeme Lyons and Andy Phillips Thomisus onustus / Andy PhillipsThroughout the summer of 2012, Andy Phillips (Sussex county recorder for spiders) and I carried out an invertebrate survey at Stedham and

• A Spinster's Tale

  13 November 2012

  Author Jess Pricefalse widow spider / Jess PriceRecently I discovered a false widow spider strolling across my bed. I knew it was a false widow as soon as I