I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you who have contributed your observations to the Spiders of Minnesota Project and thereby have increased our knowledge of Minnesota's spider fauna. I expect that we will surpass 9,000 observations for the project in the next couple of days.

A number of your observations have been significant in that they have provided new information about Minnesota spiders. Many observations have represented new county records and there have even been a few new state records. With a list of 519 species known from Minnesota (as of 16 June 2022), finding a state record is particularly difficult, especially when you are not looking for them intentionally.

Here's a few of those state records that iNaturalist observers have added to the Minnesota spider list:

• Sergiolus tennesseensis on 17 June 2022 by @hannahmarie701: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122204696
• Crossopriza lyoni on 14 September 2021 by @jason_g : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94814509
• Eris flava on 31 May 2021 by @bbolduan: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92440282
• Cercidia prominens on 22 May 2021 by two observers: @mannac: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89551286 and @dexternienhaus: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79871444
• Gea heptagon on 21 June 2019 by @annmcpete: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27405407
• Peucetia viridans on 20 June 2019 by @cogito42: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27343077
• Pardosa hyperborea on 12 June 2019 by @bbolduan: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27948944