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Sparassidae

Sparassidae: Huntsman Spiders (large, fast runners).

Micrommata – M. virescens

 

 

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Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Monday 20th April 2026 to Broomhill Flash 10:30am 14 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 8 April 2026 to Owston at 1.30 pm 7 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 3rd April 2026 at 6.30pm Thorpe Marsh nature reserve. 1 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 26th March at Parklands Club 7-9.30pm. 24 March 2026
  • Next Meeting – Tuesday 17th March 2026 – joint meeting with the moviemakers 16 March 2026

Gallery

Cyclophora punctaria - Maiden's Blush - Kirk Smeaton Agriopis marginaria - Dotted Border (males and flightless female), Austerfield.

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Slideshow

Mist over The Fen Fig 3 Cattle Egret, Alan's Field, Lound. IMG_6222, Mosaic Reserve, Austerfield. Doncaster-E3140-4-scaled Metellina Segmentata, NT Clumber Park (17 August 2025) Pisaura mirabilis, Thorne Community Woodland (6/9/2025) Arenostola phragmitidis - Fen Wainscot, Austerfield. Leiopus nebulosus agg. - Black-clouded Longhorn Beetle, Sherwood Forest CP, Notts. Lomographa temerata - Clouded Silver, Austerfield.
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