Having collected Erigone aletris by beating shrubs around a fairly open cemetery, I thought that Winsford’s Mount Pleasant council estate with its recreation areas and tree planted screening (planted in the 1970’s) between the estate… Read more »

On another trip (04/07/25) to record Philodromus collinus and Philodromus albidus in a further hectad I chose to visit Witton Cemetery, Northwich (SJ665737) and beat for these arboreal species. Two female P. albidus were found… Read more »

Cheshire is full of oak trees and on the 02/07/25 I finally beat the right one. It was at Swanlow Park Cemetery SJ651640, when a female Araneus triguttatus was beaten from the lower branches of… Read more »

On the 09/06/25 I visited Middlewich Cemetery SJ698665 to beat trees and bushes for Philodromus collinus and Philodromus albidus, with both proving to be relatively frequent on the evergreen shrubs and trees. Whilst beating the bottom… Read more »