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Spiders and Larvae

Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
in Wildlife gardening
Hello Gardeners

I hope you had a good weekend as we had in the South West. We had nice sunshine this morning and I took my camera to make some close ups.
I don't know about your garden, but I see definitely in my garden some tiny insects which I hadn't noticed before.
For days now, I observe this net of spider youngsters. They form to a ball over night, and start to have a walk once the sun is out. I don't know the name and I do hope it's not some nasty type but just the early stage of a common garden spider. I checked the internet but as usual, so many types again, https://duckduckgo.com/?q=common+garden+spiders+UK, and I can't get my image better. These spider youngsters are tiny, just 2mm, I would say, and are yellow sith a black bottom - if that makes sense.



Since last year, I try to keep record what turns up in my garden, and I'm sure if's a very common ... moth? ... butterfly?



 Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge with me


I ♥ my garden.

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Mullein moth caterpillar. The moth is pretty funky looking too https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/mullein 
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    I'd say baby Garden Spiders and a Mullein Moth caterpillar.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    They are Garden Spiders, Araneus diadematus,  they will disperse in a day or two.
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    Wonderful. Thank you all so much. Knowing what I have in the garden allows me to have a note in my blog. 
    👍

    I ♥ my garden.

  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    @pansyface. They look really amazing. It’s the first time that I see them in that stage. 

    I ♥ my garden.

  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    @wild edges and @Sheps, the other day, I was cleaning the front door from all the webs, and I had to look twice to identify what looked like a dusty bundle of spider webs as a moth. I believe it was the adult version of the mullein moth. 

    I ♥ my garden.

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