The More Than 4 Legs Thread - Post Your Mini-Beasts Here

[andy]

Sorry spiderlings, the wheelie bin needs to go oot...

[aitch]

Saw this this ths morning.
Spider by SteveH, on Flickr
Google Lens reckons it's a Noble False Widow. Any comments?

[zou]

[andy]

May 18, 2023 13:49:30 GMT aitch said:

Saw this this ths morning.
Spider by SteveH, on Flickr
Google Lens reckons it's a Noble False Widow. Any comments?

I suspect Lens is in the right ballpark with the family at least. Only time I can think of seeing ones like it were in Dorset_Mike's back garden many moons ago. That's a fancy foreign spider to me.

[MJB]

First butterfly safari of the year up on the army ranges and lots of really fresh specimens about. Blimey, am I out of practice at macro.

Duke of Burgundy (I've not seen a record for them at this site before)

duke of burgundy by Martin Bone, on Flickr

Small Blue

small blue by Martin Bone, on Flickr

Marsh Fritillary

marsh fritillary by Martin Bone, on Flickr

Dingy Skipper

dingy skipper by Martin Bone, on Flickr

Brown Argus

brown argus by Martin Bone, on Flickr

Brimstone

brimstone1 by Martin Bone, on Flickr

brimstone2 by Martin Bone, on Flickr

Adonis Blue

adonis blue by Martin Bone, on Flickr

[MJB]

Male and female Broad-Bodied Chaser

bbcm by Martin Bone, on Flickr

bbcf by Martin Bone, on Flickr

[andy]

They look top notch on my phone screen.

[petrochemist]

Scorpion Fly BW by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

[andy]

Spotted some wolf spiders that were running between rocks in the river yesterday and managed to catch one of them on video. 

[MJB]

12 legged hermaphrodite Adonis Blue.

[MJB]

A couple more from today.

marsh fritillary by Martin Bone, on Flickr



common blue by Martin Bone, on Flickr

[steveandthedogs]

The marsh fritillary is a cracker.

S

[MJB]

Male Black-Tailed Skimmer

black tailed skimmer by Martin Bone, on Flickr

Male and Female Scarce Chasers, including two doing their bit to lose the 'scarce' name.

male scarce chaser by Martin Bone, on Flickr

female scarce chaser by Martin Bone, on Flickr

scarce chaser pair by Martin Bone, on Flickr

[MJB]

More Dragonflies.

Four Spotted Chaser:

4spotted darted by Martin Bone, on Flickr

4spotted darter2 by Martin Bone, on Flickr

Emperor Dragonfly:

emporer dragonfly by Martin Bone, on Flickr

Scarce Chaser:

scarce chaser2 by Martin Bone, on Flickr

scarce chaser by Martin Bone, on Flickr

Unknown Chaser/Darter/Skimmer:

common darter maybe by Martin Bone, on Flickr

[peterob]

Jun 13, 2023 20:21:27 GMT MJB said:

More Dragonflies.

Lovely.  There were a fair few about today.  I must try for some pics!