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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I record #spiders when out, checking buildings for arachnological occupants! Pholcus phalangioides is regularly encountered in toilets; Zygiella x-notata in window frames. Screen-grab illustrates how easy it is to add significant records! @britishspiders.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social

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British Arachnological Society @britishspiders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Turned out to be the pink day of our members' weekend, with fantastic numbers of Heather Crab Spider Thomisus onustus and towering Dorset Heath Erica ciliaris among other epic species in the wonderful Morden Bog.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thanks to @andymus.bsky.social and @ajcann.bsky.social, have joined the IKEA moth-trap club. With an added gizmo: a light sensor switch for ~£5. Will see what it captures tomorrow morning!

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British Arachnological Society @britishspiders.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Our new Atlas of UK spider, harvestmen and pseudoscorpion records is now online at britishspiders.org.uk/atlas. It gives access to 1.6 million records and is constantly updated with data submitted and verified via irecord.org.uk/enter-srs-records.

GB hectad distribution map for Argiope bruennichi from the new SRS Atlas

GB hectad distribution map for Erigone welchi from the new SRS Atlas

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It feels like the planet's only hope is that Donald presses the wrong 'red button' and turns the electricity off.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Any #Leeds based birders who have #EccupReservoir as their patch: Mandarin Duck (3m: 1f) at maps.app.goo.gl/qqyMzGw2DwpY...

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Got my first bag of potato chips in months. Cracked it open. The first chip out of the bag was... soggy? The second chip was almost fungal. Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.

A flavor-blasted potato, like a gallstone from Satan's own bowels, sits atop the worst bag of Herr's Kettle Chips ever dispersed for public consumption.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A longshot, but I've a common British money-spider (Oedothorax fuscus) with two mites (Acari) attached to its abdomen; I assume phoresy. Anyone that IDs British mites interested in receiving specimen? @britishspiders.bsky.social @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Sunday book review: Pan-species Listing by @graemelyons.bsky.social Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s... "Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"

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Andrew Douglas @andydouglas1967.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

If you have people who might be alarmed by today's alert test at 3 pm, you might want to check they know it's happening today at 3 pm. Just rang mum and she didn't.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Are there any British/ French entomologists who would be interested in Coleoptera and/ or Hemiptera I could collect in return for a species list? Y a-t-il des entomologistes français qui seraient intéressés par Coleoptera et/ou Hemiptera que je pourrais collecter en échange d'une liste d'espèces?

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I don’t post much on here but when I do, it’s really important. Am pleased & v much looking forward to returning to the sublime Moulin de Pensol (France) hosted by @heidi-lemoulin.bsky.social & Nik, in May 2026 to see how many #spiders, other invertebrates & cheeses I can record. #AsYouWere

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Just checked NBN: just 72 sawfly records on Orkney, ever @andymus.bsky.social @naturespotter.bsky.social ! My half dozen specimens thus almost represent 10% of the entire database if NBN is accurate! Shows what a tiny bit of effort can achieve in these places.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

1/ Sorted samples collected from Orkney: Mainland, Shapinsay, Sanday, Hoy, S.Walls, Burray, S.Ronaldsay & Stronsay. c.30 samples (beetles, bugs, woodlice, sawflies plus lots of spiders & harvestmen). @britishspiders.bsky.social @britishbugs.bsky.social @andymus.bsky.social @colsocbi.bsky.social

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

ICYMI: What looks like a very interesting book on spiders. If you’re keen to know how many spiders have been found in @yorkshiredales.org.uk, Leeds, Sheffield or the many Nature Reserves then this is the book for you.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

The end of a two week exploration around 8 of Orkney’s 19 inhabited islands. Spiders & other invertebrates recorded from all of them. Weather has been stunning, exposing Orkney in all its glory. A shame to leave…but it is now raining! @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Off to #Whitehall, not to visit the PM, but the island of Stronsay on Orkney’s eastern flank and to record #spiders & harvestmen for the very first time here. @megabunus.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Plenty of new #spider records for the #OrkneyIslands coming @britishspiders.bsky.social way. Sampling the coastal cliff vegetation communities at the impressive Marwick Head.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

@andymus.bsky.social Have collected the first #sawflies from Orkney today in blistering heat (24°C) under blue skies and almost calm weather! The remarkable and dry summer continues!

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Andrew Lucas @andrewlucas103.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

If you are interested in some extensive paid bird survey work, especially if you live in mid Wales, send me a Bluesky chat message and I'll pass on more details. #birdingWales

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Does anyone have a PDF of this paper scholar.google.com/scholar?clus... they can send me? Thanks.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Unusual request! Are there any studies I can reference (ideally British-based; more ideally on coastal grazing marsh) on number of cowpats produced per individual cow per day in a conservation grazing environment? Might help inform ecological mitigation for insects in dung. @cieem.bsky.social

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Thrilled & pleased that @britishspiders.bsky.social is here. Biased but one of the best invertebrate recording schemes there is. Others are available but this one has legs. 8 of them.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

If on Twitter, you tweet, what's the verb for this place? Blued? Skyed?

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A busy day report writing on another interesting site in NE England. More spp extending ranges north; decent haul of taxa with nature conservation status (5.5% of assemblage) & 65 stenotopic taxa, comparable in % terms to a nearby SSSI. Now off to the CIEEM Yorkshire Annual Members Meeting.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Definitely a fruit crumble kind of day. With added oomph (technical culinary term). @robyaxley.bsky.social @andymus.bsky.social

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The blotches on these Sycamore leaves; are they just a natural decay process or caused by a leaf miner or fungus? @robyaxley.bsky.social

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Just completed identifying #spiders from a North Wales site which included Mangora acalypha (Araneidae), 2nd for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & first for VC51.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Right, am going to start posting stuff on spiders, invertebrates and ecology here as opposed to X. Look forward to engaging and hopefully organisations will move across too.

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Richard Wilson @ecology-digest.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

I think it might be time I start using this @robyaxley.bsky.social @lisajk.bsky.social but problem is that most of the organisations I converse with are still on X. What to do?

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