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Around 20 pages currently available, including county atlases for Pseudoscorpions, Harvestmen and a checklist of Nottinghamshire spiders, all available to read or download as pdf files. A number of pages feature species (both spiders and harvestmen) which have been recently recorded as new to Nottinghamshire and there is identification help for determining real False Widows, plus a look at the 12 commonest spiders in urban areas.

Featured/regularly updated pages

Species accounts/guides
Thanatus formicinus - Clumber Park's rarest spider	The rediscovery of this previously thought extinct spider at Clumber
Twelve common spiders of urban Nottinghamshire	Our guide to the twelve commonest spiders of house and garden
Steatoda bipunctata - The Rabbit Hutch Spider	A totally harmless 'False Widow' of house and home
The arrival of Steatoda nobilis in Nottinghamshire	The arrival of the notorious Noble False Widow in Nottinghamshire
Identifying the Noble False Widow	Help to determine Steatoda nobilis from other common spiders
Nigma walckenaeri - A new Nottinghamshire spider	Where and when to look for this rapidly increasing spider
Zora silvestris at Sherwood Forest NNR	One of the UK's rarest spiders and its Sherwood NNR records
Identification of the three large orb-weavers	Identifying Nottinghamshire's commonest large orb-weaving spiders
Araniella cucurbitina and A. opisthographa	Separation of two visually identical spiders
Meta bourneti and Meta menardi - Nottinghamshire's Cave Spiders	Two of the county's largest spiders
Salticidae - Jumping Spiders in Nottinghamshire	Nottinghamshire's most charismatic spiders
Zygiella x-notata - the Winter Spider	One of our most hardiest spiders
Recent invertebrate arrivals and colonisers No 3 (Harvestmen)	Four recent Harvestmen additions for Nottinghamshire
Platybunus pinetorum - A Harvestman new to Nottinghamshire	Account of the finding of Nottinghamshire's latest new Harvestman
Surveying and recording Platybunus pinetorum	Recent survey results for Platybunus pinetorum
Recent records of Leiobunum sp. A from Worksop Priory	Survey results of Leiobunum sp. A at Worksop since 2012
The discovery of Leiobunum sp. A at Worksop in 2009	The first UK record of Leiobunum sp. A in 2009 and rediscovery in 2012
Harvestmen in Nottinghamshire	Nottinghamshire's Harvestmen
The Harvestmen of Worksop in October 2012	Results and observations of a short Harvestmen survey in 2012
The False Scorpions of Nottinghamshire	Nottinghamshire's False Scorpions and county records
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pdf publications
Sherwood Forest Arachnida species list and records 2020
A working checklist of Nottinghamshire Spiders
A modern Atlas of Nottinghamshire Harvestmen 2023
A history and modern Atlas of Pseudoscorpions in VC56 Nottinghamshire (2023 edition)
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