The highlight of my spider year in 2019 was documenting the remarkable range expansion of Agelena labyrinthica in VC55 (Cann, A., Cann, J. (2020) 2019: A Remarkable Year For Agelena labyrinthica. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11918838.v1). Having been somewhat lockdown limited until recently I haven't recorded this species yet in 2020, but they are now appearing and records are being submitted. One remarkable observation caught my attention, the occurrence of the characteristic funnel webs in bare ploughed soil. I've never seen this before, but what this also makes clear is the the seemingly unstoppable march of Agelena labyrinthica continues:
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