Archive for June, 2004

Crab spider (Misumena vatia)

These brightly coloured little spiders are found amongst flowers and the larger females (typically white) have the ability of slowly changing colour from white to pale green or yellow and back again depending on the flowers on which they find themselves! The red markings on the abdomen can also change in size or even disappear. The males are darker and smaller.

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Crab spider (Misumena vatia)

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Male scorpionfly

This little fellow looks pretty dangerous. In fact he is totally harmless and has no sting whatsoever - the red sting-like tip is a reproductive organ.

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Wikipedia entry

Diptera

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Diptera

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Semi-detached in Purley, Surrey

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Leucochroa candidissima (Dusty Miller)

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A sun bleached snail (Leucochroa candidissima) sheltering (aestivating) in a leaf of “Dusty Miller”.

Find out more about “Dusty Miller” or Senecio cineraria

Mediterranean at Le Brusc

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An earwig mimicking a scorpion ?

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Wikipedia entry

Woodlouse

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