The spider may have been a wolf spider, which stalk their prey instead of trapping them in webs. It was probably after the small insect.
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Hoverfly on golden rod flowers
Some golden rod flowering in a front garden was proving a magnet for a lot of insects in search of pollen or nectar, including this hoverfly.
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September poppies
Two of the flowers on a poppy growing near Worfield a few days ago.
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White campion flower
A white campion flowering by a roadside a few days ago,
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Old man’s beard flowering
The flowers of old man’s beard give little hint of the whispiness which will develop as the seeds ripen. A bumble bee is trying to hide in the upper picture.
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Cross spider on a web
A cross spider with a web in the low bushes by the city centre Asda car park. None of the other shoppers seemed to have noticed it was there.