Yesterday evening this Red Fox was feeding on our front lawn while it was still fairly light. Please don't worry about what's being said in the background - it's part of an Inspector Linley episode and not us!
And, just as I was getting ready to go to bed, I found this beauty making its way from the hall to the kitchen! I'm awaiting an identification. I think that it's probably a Mouse Spider (Scotophaeus blackwalli).
Update: The early indications seems to be that it is a species of
Drassodes, but maybe not identifiable to species.
And now for some of the most terrible photos you will ever see:
I found this tiny
Glyphipterix species in the net yesterday during a walk in the drizzle through Afton Marsh. I took a quick couple of photos before it flew off. It turns out to be a good decision because this is
Glyphipterix forsterella which has only been recorded on the Isle of Wight twice before: in 1974 by moth guru Barry Goater......and a couple of weeks ago by me!! :-) I needed photographic evidence and, terrible though it is, there you are! The white spot at the apex of the wing together with the 2 marks across the wings are good pointers.
That's a fantastic spider - never seen one of those.
ReplyDeleteHi Christian...I was a bit nervous when trying to coax it into the pot!
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