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• februarysgirl Posts: 835

  August 2023 edited August 2023

  @diggersjo No carnivorous/omnivorous wildlife is cute when it's eating another animal but not much anyone can do about it 🤷‍♀️
  
  @Sheps You're welcome 😁

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• Liriodendron Posts: 8,328

  August 2023

  Caught on camera yesterday evening, coming out of his summer residence under the shed:
  
  
  
  - and seen on the house wall this morning:
  
  
  
  I believe it's Dicranopalpus ramosus, a Harvestman spider not native to Ireland or Britain, but becoming more common.  Those legs look a positive liability...

  Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.

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• Alan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190

  August 2023

  It is originally from Morocco, but has been rapidly spreading across Europe, reaching Bournemouth in 1957 and Scotland in 2000.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicranopalpus_ramosus
  

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• SalixGold Posts: 450

  August 2023 edited August 2023

  Some recent vids on harvestmen Leiobunum sp.A in the UK:
  

  
  

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  There are over 6000 species of harvestmen currently recorded globably. There are likely to be many thousands more extant. They are an unsung feature of the arachnid world.
  

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• plant pauper Posts: 6,904

  August 2023

  I had one on the wall of my sunroom the summer I moved here nine years ago. It was a straight line with a bump in the middle and I had to look really close to distinguish the legs. Haven't seen one since but it made quite an impression. 🤓

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,143

  August 2023

  
  

  Arion rufus … a very handsome chap. 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  August 2023

  That's a serious beast @Liriodendron. Those legs would challenge Cyd Charisse 
  I was thrilled to get a photo of this a couple of days ago. Couldn't get close enough, and the clem foliage was in the way, but we don't see them here normally
  
  
  
  Deadheading the Ipomoea - and this was sitting nicely. Not sure what he is so maybe @wild edges could help me out 
  
  
  

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  August 2023

  It's a Silver Y @Fairygirl one you never forget as its name is written on its wings.
  

  If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  August 2023

  That's great - thanks @wild edges 
  I'll label the pic so I don't forget....

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• steephill Posts: 2,841

  September 2023

  The dastardly duo are taking full advantage of seasonal offerings in the garden. They hoover up the fallen apple leaves.

  

  
  

  Bramble leaves are a favourite too.

  

  
  

  

  
  

  I was surprised to see her eating the tips of the gaultheria mucronata which grows like a weed here. 

  
  

  Then you need to rest between courses.

  
  

  
  

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