Thank you for the link @wild edges , I wonder if it’s a mustard beetle.
The only tree nearby is an oak tree ant there are a couple of shrubs. And also no brassicas growing in our garden. But it looks like a mustard beetle and they seem to be quite wide spread. We definitely have lily beetles - those I know.
Sycamore gall mite galls. You'd need a microscope to see the actual insect but the galls they create are easy enough to identify. I don't know how the tree feels about these but they look itchy.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Cute picture first before I send the arachnophobes running. More mason bee males hatching out in the greenhouse today and this one decided to spend some time warming up on a pastel echeveria.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I found a big fuzzy egg sac on one of my pots under the bench a few weeks ago and put it on the shelf for safe keeping and forgot about it. Now it doesn't look like I'll be using my watering can for a while...
One of the biggest spider hatches I've ever seen and it's not the only one in the greenhouse at the moment.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I never mention the spider baby clusters I find in the polytunnel @wild edges
I heard shrieking coming from Possum yesterday and assumed she was being entertained by a playful Cosmos. No such thing. She was standing on the toilet seat because there was a spider - all of 1.5cms long and wide including legs - on the bathroom floor. I removed it for her. Not one I've seen before so I hope it's happy outside.
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I heard shrieking coming from Possum yesterday and assumed she was being entertained by a playful Cosmos. No such thing. She was standing on the toilet seat because there was a spider - all of 1.5cms long and wide including legs - on the bathroom floor. I removed it for her. Not one I've seen before so I hope it's happy outside.