Insects and Spiders

Spotted this through a window. No idea what it is but he is cool as.

My favorite spot is of this funky mother the Asian long horned beetle.

CHrist. WHere do you live?

Narnia?

This black thing fell off the top of a cupboard in January. At first glance, it looked like a rotten piece of foam about 30mm long and it felt firm and rubbery.

A closer look showed it to be a moth pupa and while I figured it was probably long dead, I thought I'd keep it inside for a while, just in case.

Then in March, I came home to find the end had been neatly sheared off and the pupa was empty. Clearly something had emerged, but I couldn't immediately see anything obvious in the house. I then spotted a large wasp on the window – which I'm fairly certain was an ichneumonids wasp – possibly amblyteles armatorius. I didn't have the presence of mind to take a photo.

I captured it and released it outside, but it was still drowsy and I suspect it was too early in the year for it to survive – I think the warmth of the house had upset its schedule.

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@Ordinata
HK much like narna ruled by an ice queen and we have a lion Rock 🦁👍
That long horn beetle was massive!

While I am here this bad boy dropped off a wall onto me in the garden last week and had me screaming

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Wow!!!! Love Stag beetles. Yep I would be doing the same if that dropped on me. You did well not to injure it

@Adlopa that pupa is v cool but v ominous looking

Ha, a bug thread

This was a 'relatively' large for the UK (aka tiny) spider on the wall outside. Cool tatts.

Is that a false widow with the skull pattern on the abdomen?

Chillin on my runner beans

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Lovely trip to Leonardslee today.

Was treated to a photo shoot with this trim boi who kept returning for more.

The Scarce Chaser.

https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/scarce-chaser/

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Oh we had something similar in our garden a few years back, sadly haven't seen one since

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Oof.

That container pond coming into its own!

I am no expert, but that looks like a Black Tailed Skimmer...

https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/black-tailed-skimmer/

First one of the year. Found a smaller female crossing a road earlier, helped her on her way.

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Saw a couple of these this weekend, they are Common Scorpionflies. They look dramatic, but don't have a sting in the tail.

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This year’s explosion of scarlet tiger moths is even bigger than the last two years, the garden is full of these things flittering up and down. I’ve not managed to snap them in flight but they’re an amazing sight.

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Few spiders in the garage today

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Faux Widow enough.

Thought it was a fw

Also this beastie

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My old flat was full of false widows. Used to find their tangle-webs all over - especially crevices behind stuff in rarely used cupboards or amongst stuff stored under beds. Regular vacuuming kept them down. Unusual to see them in a garage though. Usually daddy-long-legs wipe them out.

^^ Think that's the Giant House Spider or Cardinal Spider as it has been called here.

I caught this one the other day.

Made me think of Arachnaphobia as it is almost the love child of an Garden Orb and a Faux Widow.

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Snapped this a while back on my window. Anyone know what type of moth it is?

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And this fella came to say hello too.

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It's a brimstone moth.