Spiders

Sitticus floricola Richard Gallon Vicarage Moss 2 October, 2017
Carorita limnaea Richard Gallon Bettisfield Moss, Shropshire 8 October, 2017
Agalenatea redii Gary Hedges Little Budworth Common 18 May, 2018
Tegenaria silvestris Jessica Sharp Prudhoe 20 February, 2023
Salticus scenicus Jessica Sharp Crowborough 21 June, 2023

Key Information

BAS Area Organiser :

Richard Gallon (VC58)

Active Specialist Recorders:

Chris Felton
Tony Hunter
Steve Priestley

Book loans for NW Recorders:

Britain’s Spiders: A Field Guide (2017)
Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins Field Guide) (2001)

National Society Website:

British Arachnological Society

UK Facebook Groups:

British Spiders
British Spider Identification Group
UK Spiders

UK Recording Schemes:

Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme website

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NW Resources and Publications

Checklists

A Checklist of Lancashire and Cheshire Spiders
Chris Felton
(1991)
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Atlases (online)

Spiders of Lancashire – Atlas Maps
Jennifer Newton MBE
(2010)
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Survey Reports

Spiders of mobile sand dunes on the Sefton Coast in 2021, with particular reference to Rhysodromus fallax and Baryphyma maritimum
Richard Gallon
(March 2022)
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The status and distribution of the money spider Centromerus levitarsis in Northwest England
Richard Gallon and James McGill
(14/02/2024)
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Ashton’s Flash, Northwich – An invertebrate survey for the Tanyptera Project and Butterfly Conservation Cheshire and Wirral Branch 2021
Nigel Jones
(February 2022)
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Surveying Holcroft and Highfield Mosses for raised bog arachnids
Richard Gallon
(15th October 2018)
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Cheshire & Lancashire Lowland Bog Spider Surveys 2018
Richard Burkmar
(27th January 2018)
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The status and distribution of the jumping spider Sitticus floricola in Northwest England and Wales
Richard Gallon
(July 2018)
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Education & ID resources

Spider in the Field Webinar Accompaniment
Rich Burkmar
(12 September 2020)
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