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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I'm always wary of media reports about false widow spiders but this comes from a scientific paper by the looks of it. The article also mentions a report of one catching a lizard. I guess they're a bit more fierce than they look :o
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I saw a widow in my shed last week about the size of my palm. I admit it gave me a shock, even though I expect to find them there. Not hairy but larger than I have seen before. I can't say I relish them at close quarters, i.e. near my hair.
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    Is this one? Photo taken last summer.

  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Spotted this minuscule critter on my Camellia flower today. No idea what it can be.
  • mikeymustardmikeymustard Posts: 495
    Found this moth when I raised the shop shutters yesterday morning. It was probably 4 maybe 5cm across. I assume it must've been disturbed from its overwintering spot?

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    That's a beauty. An Oak Beauty if you want to be specific. They're one of the early spring moths that are out and flying now.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Papi Jo said:
    Spotted this minuscule critter on my Camellia flower today. No idea what it can be.
    A male mosquito of some kind. The males get the fancy eyebrows and the females get the bloodsucking needles.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I left the back door open in the week (15oC t shirt weather this week in London) and the house filled with mozzies. Sigh.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I set the moth trap out last night hoping to catch one moth and I caught exactly that. One March Moth. A fairly common moth but you only get a few weeks to catch one each year. This is a male as the females are flightless but they like hawthorns and fruit trees and I have both in the garden. I like the stylish wing pattern on this one.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Beautiful! Where is your count standing @wild edges ?
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