Wolves Wild

Tiny spider, genus Metellina in the centre of its web. The web was catching the sun, lighting threads in rainbow colours.

Lurid boletes have been the large mushroom as summer begins to give way to autumn this year. This pair were growing together on a front lawn.

Minute pirate bug (genus Anthocoris) -species in this grouping sometimes called flower bugs instead. This one was resting on a hazel leaf.

Views of a single fruiting body of a white cheese polypore (Tyromyces chioneus) growing on a fallen branch by the side of the Railway Walk near Compton.

Dark-winged Fungus gnat, one of the species in the family Sciaridae. It was resting on the very un-fungoid wall of a house.

The most adventurous of this year’s three cygnets at West Park, which has been spending most of its time on its own for longer than the other pair.