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Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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Arachnida

Spider Information

  1. The Raft Spider Dolomedes fimbriatus on Thorne Moors
  2. The ‘Garden Centre’ Spider Uloborus plumipes in Yorkshire and adjacent areas
  3. The Hot-house Spider Achaearanea tepidariorum (C.L.Koch 1841) underground at Brodsworth Colliery, South Yorkshire.
  4. Notes on the Spider Larinioides sclopetarius at Sykehouse Aqueduct
  5. Doncaster Lakeside Spiders have a ‘Website’ in the spotlight
  6. The Spiders of Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (vice-county 63)

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Friday 7th August 2026 for Chesterfield Canal walk 31 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 27th July 2026 to Brookfield Park. 24 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 15th July 2026 to Thorpe Marsh NNR 13 July 2026
  • Next Meeting – Saturday July 4th, 2026 at Denaby Delf 30 June 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 26 June 2026 to Brockadale 22 June 2026

Gallery

Cystolepiota bucknallii, Whitwell Wood, Derbyshire. Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera), Gait Barrows NNR, Lancs.

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Slideshow

Lestes sponsa - Emerald Damselfly, Austerfield. Clostera curtula - Chocolate-tip, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Dr.-H.-H.-Corbett-2-scaled Orbilia leucostigma - Howell Wood. Yellow Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria, Anston Stones. Sialis lutaria -  Alder Fly, Bevercotes Long-winged Conehead - Conocephalus fuscus, Woodfield Green. No. 18 Ornamental Gourds Diaphora mendica - Muslin Moth, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Pyrausta purpurlis, Bevercotes.
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