Here is all the 'must have' info for the DF Dipterist Day & AGM 2026 at the National Museum, Cardiff (including visits to the museum collections, the Dipterist Dinner and much more!) dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte... @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @pemberleybooks.bsky.social @davebriceflies.bsky.social

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#arachtober and #internationaljumpingspiderday Day 10 - J for Jerzego - a strangely shaped jenus of jumping spider from India. @arachtober.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social

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My lifer Holocnemus pluchei along with Uloborous plumipes in a garden centre in Thanet, East Kent today.

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Next is 'L' Liocranum rupicola, Pied Stone Spider. The one species in this genus here. Also L for Linyphiidae, lots of them, almost 300 found in the UK. This group probably has some of the best names like ambiguus, abnormis, approximatus, paradoxum and unicornis to name a few. Also strange heads.

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#Arachtober day 11 is K. Has to be Kryptonesticus eremita a spider local to me. First recorded in the UK 2017. Found in a cave on Flat Holm in the Bristol Channel and the easiest way to see it. Another option is to take a look in the sewers of Penarth! @britishspiders.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk

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