Monday, 18 June 2018

Spiders and bees at Finglandrigg

Whilst photographing fritillaries I happened to notice a web of spiderlings. On closer inspection the female appeared - well camouflaged and very feisty! It seems that she is a nurse web spider, the name is appropriate, Pisaurus mirabilis, presumably under recorded looking at the NBN atlas!


I was then photographing the marsh cinquefoil, one of my favourites, when I noticed the bees. 

Top: early bumblebee - Bombus pratorum and bottom : tree bumblebee Bombus hypnorum.



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