Tortoiseshell butterflies normally rest with their wings spread. This one kept its wings folder together, showing the undersides, for several minutes.
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Cross spider on its web, eating
Cross spiders are probably the commonest garden spider which builds the classic type of spider’s web. This one was in a bush right by a main road.
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Hoverfly on a ragwort flower
The insects were out in force, feeding, in Barely Field on a warm day over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
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Greenbottle fly resting on a warm day
The greenbottle seemed to be lethargic on a warm day at the end of August: it stayed on the leaf as I got near enough for this close-up.
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Small moth on a nettle leaf
A small and inconspicuous moth, resting on a nettle leaf in a field near the Smestow Valley Ranger Station.
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Snail crawling on a bramble leaf
The trail left behind shows the path this snail took as it moved around a bramble leaf.