Gossamer wrap #spiders #nature

Posted by on Nov 17, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, November, Spider, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Trees, webs, spiders, November 2015r

 

Off the south ride. (more…)

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Cocooned #plants #spiders

Posted by on Nov 14, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Marsh Thistle, November, Provisional identification, Spider | 0 comments

 

 

Thistle, insect, November 2015

 

Thistle seedhead, probably Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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‘Like strands of magic worked upon the air’ #spiders

Posted by on Nov 9, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, Fauna, November, Spider | 0 comments

 

 

Spiders, general, November 2015

 

From ‘A Spider’s Web’ by Jonathan Platt. (more…)

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‘It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself’ #wildlife

Posted by on Oct 5, 2015 in 2015, Autumn, September, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, September 2015

 

Arachnid of Metellina sp. and words from Whitman’s ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider.’ (more…)

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After the rain

Posted by on Aug 23, 2015 in 2015, August, Insects, Spider, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, web, August 2015

 

Unidentified spider’s web in the clearing. (more…)

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The larder on the back of a camera #spiders

Posted by on Jul 19, 2015 in 2015, July, Spider, Summer, Unidentified | 1 comment

 

 

Spider, unidentified, July 2015

 

This small, unidentified spider has based itself on the rear of the remote camera by the pond. (more…)

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Home is a tree guard

Posted by on Jun 27, 2015 in 2015, June, Spider, Summer, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, June 2015

 

Unidentified Arachnid. (more…)

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‘Weight for weight, stronger than steel’

Posted by on Oct 29, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, October, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, October 2014

 

Read more about the silk of a spider’s web here. (more…)

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Light fantastic

Posted by on Oct 19, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, October, Spider, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, October 2014

 

Plenty of spider’s webs in evidence. (more…)

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Orb spider

Posted by on Oct 14, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, October, Spider, Spruce, Trees, Unidentified | 0 comments

 

 

Spider, unidentified, October 2014

 

Unidentified spider on Spruce. (more…)

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Harvestman

Posted by on Oct 4, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, Harvestmen, Holly, Provisional identification, September, Spider, Trees | 0 comments

 

 

Arachnids, Harvestmen, September 2014

 

A Harvestman, sp.Opiliones, possibly Leiobunum rotundum. (more…)

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Orb web spider

Posted by on Sep 27, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, September, Spider, Unidentified | 1 comment

 

 

Spider, unidentified, September 2014

 

Spider of sp.Araneidae making a web in a thistle. (more…)

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