A Spider Encounter – Rosemary Winnall

In our 2018 REVIEW Adam Mindykowski documented the find of a Neolithic polished chert axehead by Dr David Sargent in 1974 in a ploughed field near the Lem Brook in Bell Coppice. So on 1st May 2019 the Wyre Forest Study Wednesday Group set off to look at the site and to record wildlife during the day. Here Rosemary recalls some of the events of the day, including encounters with many spiders!

(From Wyre Forest Study Group REVIEW 2019)

A Spider and Parasite from Button Oak Meadow, Wyre Forest – Gary Farmer

The author shows photographs of the development of the larva of a Polysphincta Ichneumon wasp on an Araniella spider.

(From Wyre Forest Study Group REVIEW 2014)

Linyphiid Sheet Webs – Brian Stephens

The author was lucky enough to see a meadow full of spider sheet webs in November 2014. His photographs show the extent of the webbing and some of the thousands of money spiders involved.  

(From the Wyre Forest Study Group REVIEW 2014)

Spider Days! Birchen Park – Nicki Farmer
In June 2014 the Wyre Forest Study Group joined forces with the Shropshire Spider group to search for the rare Midas Tree-weaver Spider Midia midas and this article describes the methods used.

(From the Wyre Forest Study Group REVIEW 2014)

New Sites in WYRE for Strawberry Spider Araneus alsine – Jane Scott
The author describes the new sites for the Strawberry Spider in Wyre discovered in 2014.  

(From the Wyre Forest Study Group REVIEW 2014)

Oonops domesticus at The Newalls – Susan Limbrey
Susan Limbrey found this tiny spider in her house in November 2014. She describes its behaviour and identification features to encourage us to look elsewhere for this often overlooked species.

(From the Wyre Forest Study Group REVIEW 2014)014)