Friday, 29 October 2010
Monday, 25 October 2010
October on the South Downs
top to bottom: Campanula trachelium; Fraxinus excelsior; Succisa pratensis
Friday, 15 October 2010
IOW Wasp Spider
This photograph of a ♀ wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) with her newly made egg sac was taken at a site on the IOW.
The spider was observed for over two weeks in the local vicinity, before it finally set about building its egg sac over a two day period. Then having laid its eggs the ♀ disappeared.
The wasp spider is a recent coloniser in the UK and feeds mainly on grasshoppers which it captures by spinning an orb web between grasses low to the ground. The web contains prominant zig-zag patterns towards the centre - the purpose of which is currently uncertain, although it may function to attract other insects.
Photograph is copyright Chuck Eccleston
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Motacillidae and Turdidae (via Blashford Lakes)
pied wagtail (Motacilla alba); meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) and northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
mini-beasts of Brittany
Following on the theme from Monday's invertebrate session in Ower Wood - these mini-beasts were photographed on Chuck and Fe's recent trip to Brittany. From top to bottom: brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni); spiked shield bug (Picromerus bidens); large marsh grasshopper (Stethophyma grossum).
All pictures copyright Chuck Eccleston.
Sunday, 10 October 2010
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