These two spiders, a male and female Larinioides sclopetarius, were in the same web by the light outside the door…
This is the jumping spider (family Salticidae) that I mentioned in the blog ‘In Search of Spiders ‘. Late that night,…
This is the Pholcus spider I talked about in the blog ‘In Search of Spiders’. They are probably familiar to most people,…
Finding the Antrodiaetus pugnax and the Araneus gemma on the same night, and then successfully identifying both of them, really got my juices flowing,…
Medicago lupulina is yet another example of a plant that I thought was too similar to other plants to be identified,…
I am quite fond of these pretty Geometrid moths, but I don’t see them nearly as often as I’d like…
The other day, whilst taking a detour through the local cemetery to avoid a person who seemed to be arguing…
I found the first one of these leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) at my Temple of Ultraviolet Light during moth madness in…
This spider represents at least the 5th time I’ve brought home an Araneus orb weaver that I thought would be new to…
I see this handsome little geometer so often at my lights that I often forget to photograph it, although it…