Here is something I came across on Saturday at Poppit.
Dandelions are a good source of nectar this time of the year. I can't see
too well at the moment, so, if I spot something, I creep up with the camera
and shoot.
I was given a wonderful, but expensive book on British Spiders for
Christmas. This spider was a dead match for Xysticus cristatus, though the
book says one has to examine its genitalia under a microscope to properly
identify it ( and I don't think it would really enjoy that). They are common
and widespread. Instead of making webs this group of spiders lurk (like
villains in a dark alley) and ambush their prey.
Peter Byles
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