Sheet web #insect

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 8, 2021 in 2021, An English Wood Blog, Autumn, Fauna, November, Spider | 0 comments

Usually built by the Linyphiidae, the largest family of UK spiders, according to the Natural History Museum.

Picture taken November 2.

#spider #spiders  #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insectphotography

The dark web #spiders

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 17, 2018 in 2018, Autumn, October, Spider | 0 comments

An extraordinary amount of work has gone into this example of the spider’s art. (more…)

Hunting #Arachnids

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 23, 2018 in Spider | 0 comments

Unidentified spider, possibly sp Agelenidae. (more…)

Arachnid #spiders

Posted by Wildwood on Jun 28, 2018 in Spider | 0 comments

Unidentified. (more…)

Down the tubes #spiders

Posted by Wildwood on Sep 29, 2017 in 2017, Autumn, September, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

Tree guards form a home for more than trees. (more…)

Silk tent #spiders

Posted by Wildwood on Jul 6, 2017 in 2017, July, Spider, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

Possibly the web of a nursery web spider. (more…)

Stretch spider #spiders

Posted by Wildwood on Feb 13, 2017 in 2017, February, Spider, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

Possibly of the sp.Tetragnatha, which ‘… adopt the habit of stretching their legs out in front and behind to produce a stick like effect …‘ (more…)

The web #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 30, 2016 in 2016, December, Spider, Winter | 0 comments

In the clearing. (more…)

‘A spider sewed at night …’ #wildlife

Posted by Wildwood on Oct 27, 2016 in 2016, Autumn, October, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

Unidentified Arachnid and a line from Emily Dickinson. (more…)

Tree guard living #spiders

Posted by Wildwood on Apr 13, 2016 in 2016, April, Spider, Spring, Unidentified | 0 comments

An unidentified spider has taken up residence in one of the tree guards. (more…)

‘The Spider as an Artist’ #Spiders

Posted by Wildwood on Dec 21, 2015 in 2015, December, Spider, Unidentified, Winter | 0 comments

From the poem of the same name by Emily Dickinson. (more…)

Low level cloud #nature

Posted by Wildwood on Nov 20, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fauna, November, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

Possibly a type of funnel web. (more…)