Canestrini’s harvestman (Opilio canestrinii) on a leaf. This species first recorded in England in 1999. Since then, has been spreading rapidly, and probably displacing the native harvestman (daddy-long-legs) species.
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Butterflies, white
A small white butterfly feeding on a thistle flower, and a green-veined white (somewhat the worse for wear) resting on a,leaf.
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Hiding in the grass, pleated inkcap
Its tiny cap just peeping through short grass, a pleated inkcap mushroom, sometimes also called a little Japanese umbrella.
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Meadow brown summer
Meadow butterflies have been quite common round here this summer. The other browns, less so.
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Garden spider, above and below
Common garden spider, which had built its web where it was possible to get views both from above and below.
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Teazle flowers visited by bee
Teazles, still flowering, flowers still attracting insects. The busy bee is possibly a common carder bee.