Although identification of many spiders requires experience and examination of adults under a low power microscope, the Spider Recording Scheme is making a particular effort to encourage the recording of a few 'easily recognisable' spiders. YOU CAN HELP by submitting records for these species below!

The large majority of other species cannot be reliably identified in the field or from photographs, and need microscopical examination of adults to determine to species. We have a system of Area Organisers who receive records and make sure identifications are verified before they are accepted by the recording scheme. However any registered and logged-on user can upload photographs to the website and post these on the Forum to ask about identification. If you do this, please include date, location (with postcode or grid reference) details so that the record can be added to the recording scheme if the photograph can be identified to species.

We ask you to upload a picture to support your record, to help confirm your sighting. This means you will need to register and then be logged-on to do this. You can then manage your records when logged-on from the my stuff page or my records.

If the location is not identifiable by a full postcode and you don't know the map grid reference for a location you can find this using the locate page (zoom in or search for your location and the grid reference of the cursor is given at the bottom of the map).

Please enter your records using the links below:

	Daddy long legs spider	Pholcus phalangioides
	Raft spiders	Dolomedes species
	Crab spider Misumena vatia	Misumena vatia
	Four Spot-Orbweaver	Araneus quadratus
	Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider	Nuctenea umbratica
	Wasp Spider	Argiope bruennichi
	Garden Spider	Araneus diadematus
	Zoropsis spinimana	Zoropsis spinimana
	Garden Centre Spider	Uloborus plumipes
	Paidiscura pallens	Paidiscura pallens
	Nursery Web Spider	Pisaura mirabilis
	Green-fanged Tube Web Spider	Segestria florentina
	Zebra Spider	Salticus scenicus
	Fork-palped harvestman	Dicranopalpus ramosus