Wildlife - Summer, Autumn 2008

[Anthony Darby]

Just as well I tell the story of how my snake ended up in Andy Murray's mum's knickers!

[Paul T]

Oh dear!!!?

[Martin Baxendale]

Just as well I didn't tell the story of how my snake ended up in Andy Murray's mum's knickers!

That reminds me of a joke I heard the other day:

A woman walked into a pub and asked the barman for a double entendre. So he gave her one.

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[Anthony Darby]

Well, Martin, that beats Judy's unexpected organism!

[Michael J Campbell]

Caught in the act.
Here is the spider that is using pieces of grit as ballast for the its web.
1 dropping down into a pot.
2 selecting a piece of grit.

[Maggi Young]

Well caught, Michael, now we can all see what the little engineer is up to!

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks for these Michael, most people wouldn't believe such a thing was possible, but for the pictures.

[Anthony Darby]

Can't swear to it, but the spider could be Zygiella x-notata?

[Maggi Young]

Can't swear to it, but the spider could be Zygiella x-notata?

Is this a commonly found spider, Anthony? It seems to be a type we have quite a lot of.

[Anthony Darby]

It is the one that spins an orb web outside every window you have. Easily recognisable as it has a 'slice of the cake' missing with a single thread to its home which is a silken tube.

[mark smyth]

I thought Garden Spider Araneus diadematus

[Anthony Darby]

No Mark. That's a very different kettle of fish.

[mark smyth]

Did anyone read in todays papers or see on TV a heron that caught a rabbit, drowned it and swallowed it?
DO NOT CLICK IF YOU ARE EASILY SICKENED
http://www.funnychill.com/media/460/Heron_Eats_A_Rabbit/

[Lvandelft]

It is the one that spins an orb web outside every window you have. Easily recognisable as it has a 'slice of the cake' missing with a single thread to its home which is a silken tube.

Anthony, is this the one you mean?
I made the pictures in August near the kitchen window.
The one made with flash shows the threads very clear.