Britain’s spider fauna is comprised of some 670 species from the infra-order Araneomorphae and one species from the infra-order Mygalomorphae. Our single mygalomorph is the Purseweb Spider, Atypus affinis. Although this striking and enigmatic spider… Read more »
Month: December 2018
12th December 2018
Three interesting Picture-winged flies from the North Lancashire area in 2018
On 21st November 2018 I found a dead picture-winged fly on the kitchen windowsill in Bolton le Sands (VC60). It was quickly identified as a male Tephritis praecox (Tephritidae). There are very few UK records… Read more »