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There's a Moth thread and one for Insects, so I thought maybe one for our Arachnid friends. If there's already a live thread out there, my apologies...
I have plenty of these spiders in the garden, mainly in the hedges. Cross Spider I believe. It wasn't too happy with the camera!
That's a fabulous photo Nige.
Sadly many insects are overlooked, mainly because of perceptions, scary, they bite, they sting, they're dirty feeding and revelling in dung and other not so nice ideas, but they're actually a very vital part of the ecosystem, many clearing up after us and also providing food for others, among many other valuable tasks.
The first Long-jawed Orb-weaver of the year for me, with a tasty meal of a cranefly probably twice its size