Your picture of the day...

[Goatboy]

My Daughter took this one yesterday.

I like the lines and shapes in that Hog, she's got a good eye.

ATB,
GB.

 

[hog]

Thanking you GB will pass on your comments.

 

[British Red]

Wheat Sheaf by British Red, on Flickr

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[Scots_Charles_River]

My lunchtime view......


View from Eilean Ghorm, Loch Ard, Trossachs, Scotland. by Nick_Scots, on Flickr

 

[wingstoo]

A simple one from me...

Pebble on a beach


IMGP1692 by S1...., on Flickr

 

[warthog1981]

Taken today while out shooting spotted this little guy

 

[Harvestman]

A simple one from me...

Pebble on a beach


IMGP1692 by S1...., on Flickr

I like that. A photographic haiku.

 

[wingstoo]

I like that. A photographic haiku.

I had to look that up before saying "Thank-you"...

 

[Harvestman]

My pictures of the day. Wasp spider, from its only known site in Wales, which happens to be the Woodland Trust nature reserve that I'm the warden of. Discovered last year, and this is the first one for 2013.

 

[Pete11]

My pictures of the day. Wasp spider, from its only known site in Wales, which happens to be the Woodland Trust nature reserve that I'm the warden of. Discovered last year, and this is the first one for 2013.

Beauty !

Thanks for sharing.

Pete

 

[Turnstone]

A few years ago we had a wasp spider in our greenhouse. Beautiful creature. Never seen one since then...

 

[Goatboy]

I like the Bride of Frankenstein hair lightning bolt in its web. Is that a repair or how they do them?

 

[belzeebob23]

Sgurr Finnisg-aig

 

[Turnstone]

I like the Bride of Frankenstein hair lightning bolt in its web. Is that a repair or how they do them?

It's not a repair. They always do it this way, but I don't why.

 

[Goatboy]

It's not a repair. They always do it this way, but I don't why.

Hmm looks like the web is partly made in two parts then stiched together/tensioned with the lightning bolt. Very cool, are they a type of orb spider?

 

[Niels]

Got out of bed this morning at half past 5 for a nice little solo trip. Spotted lots of barking roe deer but also this one:



Nice sunrise too:



And I ate a raw burdock root which was surprisingly tasty.

 

[Arya]

A few photos from my weekend
I suddenly found myself in the middle of an old military camp.
I must have been dreaming, but I had the time to take some pictures before I woke up...


Untitled by Lykketrollet84, on Flickr


Untitled by Lykketrollet84, on Flickr


Untitled by Lykketrollet84, on Flickr

 

[Turnstone]

Nice pictures, Ayra! I like those old military cars. We have a Valp and are looking forward to a meeting in two weeks

From last weekend:

 

[Harvestman]

I like the Bride of Frankenstein hair lightning bolt in its web. Is that a repair or how they do them?

It is called a stabilimentum, and no-one really knows what purpose it serves. Some think it strengthens the web (wasp spiders prey on grasshoppers, which are pretty powerful and can make a mess of a web when they struggle), some think it stops birds flying into the web (doesn't apply to wasp spiders because they make their web so low down), some think it makes it harder for predators to spot the spider sitting in the web (but wasp spiders are brightly coloured). The fact is: nobody really knows.

To the other question asked, yes they are orb spiders.

 

[Harvestman]

For today, here's the web of a wasp spider. A very dense and sticky web for trapping grasshoppers.