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Arachnids (Arachnida)


Not my favourite group of wildlife if I'm honest, but now and then I used to try (and usually fail) to identify them. Now I'm doing a little more pitfall trapping and suction sampling I'm trying a bit harder, and sometimes succeeding - and am even starting to like some of them. Quite a few to be added here when I get round to doing them systematically, but for now just the new ones.


Mites (order Eriophyoidea)

Aceria genistae galls Eriophyes pteridis gall Phyllocoptes eupadi Phytoptus tetratrichus gall

Phyllocoptes eupadi Phytoptus tetratrichus gall


Ticks (order Ixodida)

Ixodes ricinus Ixodes ricinus presumed Ixodes ricinus presumed Ixodes ricinus

Ixodes ricinus Ixodes ricinus


Spiders (order Araneaea)

Scytodes thoracica Parasteatoda lunata Araniella opisthographa Metellina segmentata

Scytodes thoracica Araniella opisthographa


Harvestmen (order Opilliones)

Opilio canestrinii Opilio canestrinii Phalangium opilio Phalangium opilio

Opilio canestrinii Phalangium opilio