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Spiders are coming...
Quick look into the garden area tonight and my usual horde of spiders are beginning to show up. The cellar spider(s) Pholcus phalangioides in the shed will soon fatten up with this years baby parlour, the Amauobious sp. are coming to drum on the fence, and my ever-increasing Steatoda nobilis...- Paul Iddon
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Warmer day, first spider of the year
Not many days that have been condusive to macro this year, but maybe, just maybe, the corner will be turned in the coming weeks. First jumper of 2024. Paul.- Paul Iddon
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Globular springtail <1mm in size.
Thanks Paul - I admit, this was a very small one... Paul.- Paul Iddon
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Beetle?
It's a carpet beetle - not the best of visitors. Anthrenus verbasci. Paul.- Paul Iddon
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Frozen morning
A few taken today after temps of -7 degrees overnight. Someone dumped a bike in the street just after midnight a couple of days ago! There are 2 images (#1 & #2) here for context in the spoiler, relating to images #3 and #4. Paul.- Paul Iddon
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First globby of the year
No bigger than the - key on your keyboard! Paul.- Paul Iddon
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First globby of the year
Take a lot of finding sometimes Tim! Paul.- Paul Iddon
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First globby of the year
Found my first globular springtail of 2024 today on the recycling bin. Just a Dicyrtomina saundersi but still nice to find. A good sized one though, perhaps 3mm long. Paul.- Paul Iddon
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Shed Life.
Thought I'd join the rest of you and seeing as it is a new year, add some new content. Hi again everyone (that knew me before - and know of me now). These are in the shed today - I do have a healthy amount of cellar spiders living there, and they have been joined by a fair few mozzies as well...- Paul Iddon
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Crab spider and snout mite
Photos of a crab spider crab spider (Xysticus spec) and a constantly moving snout mite (Bdellidae) taken late at night in the garden: Paul.- Paul Iddon
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First time I found a pseudoscorpion
I've never seen one before - which considering how large it was (maybe 2mm) you'd think they would be easy to find - but not for me. This one was on my recycling bin tonight... Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the...- Paul Iddon
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Silver-sided sector spider
On the garden fence tonight - Zygiella x-notata: Paul.- Paul Iddon
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Getting closer to the wasps...
No stacking, all these are single frame photos Frank. Paul.- Paul Iddon
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Getting closer to the wasps...
Believe me - they wouldn't get a chance to stick a stinger in any part of me!!! :LOL: Paul.- Paul Iddon
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Getting closer to the wasps...
I took an environmental photo first of a couple of wasps on an a fallen apple, then once I was happy that they were happy, I went in closer. Paul.- Paul Iddon
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Steatoda bipunctata, Lithobius forficatus, and a Peribaodes rhomnoidaria
I love photographing spiders even false widows... :) - this one is a rabbit-hutch spider - Steatoda bipunctata. Often seen indoors and in animal pens, garages, sheds, etc. Loves eating woodlice! Then there is one of my pet hates - Lithobius forficatus, most commonly known as the garden...- Paul Iddon
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Colorful macro water droplets
Very nice - a good use of "conditions" :) Paul.- Paul Iddon
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Get it right or get it wrong...
Spinning jokes eh? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:- Paul Iddon
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Hedgipig spying some supper in the garden tonight...
Hedgipig spying some supper in the garden tonight... Paul.- Paul Iddon
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