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That looks like a spitting spider, one of the Scytodidae. They spit/spray glue over their prey to immobilise them, rather than using webs. There is just one UK species, looking rather similar. I like that one a lot. Thanks for sharing.
daughter was playing in the woods today near a lake and this came from either inside her shoe or the sole, its was well dead. any ideas has never seen one like this before.....many thanks. Nice65 from BB said the experts are here
Looks like a male running crab spider, Philodromus species. Harmless, although that looks pretty big assuming that is a 2p piece. Possibibly an exotic of some sort, but I can't see the eyes properly to be sure.
That's a relief then. Philodromus it is. If it was a 2p I was starting to think non-native invasive via bananas and so on!
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Are you talking about me behind my back?! No passing secret notes in class, boy!
Hello All.
can anyone id this little specimen? It's a small moth, and it's been constantly flying around in front of the TV for the last year (it can't be the same.... one can it?)
For scale it's in one of those things you put cough medicine in, as it was to hand and I'm dying from man flu
can anyone id this little specimen? It's a small moth, and it's been constantly flying around in front of the TV for the last year (it can't be the same.... one can it?)
For scale it's in one of those things you put cough medicine in, as it was to hand and I'm dying from man flu
Looks like a micro-moth, and one of the small dingy grey-brown ones. A very specialist group. I wouldn't have a hope of identifying it.
I have affectionately called this one Scuttles.
Female? Tegenaria (again!)?
But this one is HUGE
Female? Tegenaria (again!)?
But this one is HUGE
Ooh she is lovely! Tegenaria as you say. T. gigantea or T. saeva depending on where in the UK you are (the distributions rarely overlap).
Bumblebees. I've had a decent variety this year, so here are a selection
Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris.
White-tailed bumblebee, B. leucorum. (very hard to separate from the previous species in the field, but the yellow bands tend to be lemon yellow instead of orangey)
Red-tailed bumblebee, B. lapidarius.
Common Carder bee, B. pascuorum. (Always tawny brown all over)
Tree bumblebee, B. hypnorum. (Brown thorax, black abdomen, with a white tail. A recent addition to the UK bumblebee list, but rapidly spreaing)
Field cuckoo bumblebee, B. campestris. (Commonest of the cuckoo bumblebees, which are nest parasites of other bumblebees. They are less hairy and look shiny, and wings are often dusky rather than clear, but they often resemble their host species so can be tricky to identify)
Southern Cuckoo bumblebee, B. vestalis.
This is by no means a comprehensive list.
Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris.
White-tailed bumblebee, B. leucorum. (very hard to separate from the previous species in the field, but the yellow bands tend to be lemon yellow instead of orangey)
Red-tailed bumblebee, B. lapidarius.
Common Carder bee, B. pascuorum. (Always tawny brown all over)
Tree bumblebee, B. hypnorum. (Brown thorax, black abdomen, with a white tail. A recent addition to the UK bumblebee list, but rapidly spreaing)
Field cuckoo bumblebee, B. campestris. (Commonest of the cuckoo bumblebees, which are nest parasites of other bumblebees. They are less hairy and look shiny, and wings are often dusky rather than clear, but they often resemble their host species so can be tricky to identify)
Southern Cuckoo bumblebee, B. vestalis.
This is by no means a comprehensive list.
Is this a dung beetle? Location west Wales in woodland/filed edge. Iridescent purple/blue colour. Rubbish photos but was trying to fend off my little lad in "helping him" too much.
Rescued a couple of them from the beaten track.
Rescued a couple of them from the beaten track.
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