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Arachnids (Arachida)


Not my favourite group of wildlife if I'm honest, but now and then I try (and usually fail) to identify them.  Quite a few to be added here when I get round to doing them systematically, but for now just the odd one as I come across something new.


Mites (order Eriophyoidea)

Aceria genistae galls Phyllocoptes eupadi Phyllocoptes eupadi Eriophyes pteridis gall

Aceria genistae galls Phyllocoptes eupadi


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 Pachygnatha degeeri

Scytodes thoracica Araniella opisthographa


Harvestmen (order Opilliones)

Opilio canestrinii Opilio canestrinii Opilio canestrinii

Opilio canestrinii Opilio canestrinii