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Field Identification of Spiders and Harvestmen

8th June 2019 | 10:30 am - 4:00 pm

Free

This course will introduce you to identifying some of the many UK spiders and harvestmen that are distinctive enough to be confidently recorded in the field with the aid a simple piece of kit called a spi-pot, before being released again. On this course you will be:

  • Introduced to spider & harvestman ecology
  • Shown how to identify distinctive species and groups
  • Shown how to use a spi-pot to look closely at living specimens
  • Given the opportunity to practice identification techniques
  • Shown how to get help with identification and all things spidery
  • Introduced to submitting spider & harvestmen records

There will be classroom sessions and practice at identifying spiders and harvestmen in the field. We will collect live spiders and harvestmen around the grounds of Rixton Claypits Nature Reserve and bring them back into the classroom for a closer look, before releasing them again.

Our course leader, Dr Rich Burkmar is the British Arachnological Society Area Organiser for Lancashire (VC59,60) and Cheshire (VC58) and an active member of the Shropshire Spider Group.

Refreshments will be provided but please bring a packed lunch and appropriate outdoor clothing and footwear.

Please use the free carpark at SJ68779024 and meet us in the visitor centre at SJ68629015

Adults only (18+)

Access: the are good (grassy) foopaths paths suitable for wheelchairs around much of the reserve

Image: Richard Gallon

Details

Date:
8th June 2019
Time:
10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Booking:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/field-identification-of-spiders-and-harvestmen-tickets-53141301062

Organiser

Tanyptera Trust

Venue

Rixton Claypits Nature Reserve
Moat Lane
Rixton, Cheshire WA3 6EE United Kingdom
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