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Invertebrate life must have taken a bit of pounding during the recent rains and flooding – anything that couldn’t fly or crawl to a dry refuge quickly enough would presumably have met a premature and soggy end. With this in mind it was heart-warming to see the evidence of one uninterrupted...

Late last year I wrote in this blog about a spider ( Steotoda nobilis ) which was living in our bathroom and which we came to call Lassie. Concerned about Lassie’s apparently self-destructive diet regime we gave her a square meal and observed her return to prime condition. As winter progressed...

Let us introduce you to Lassie. She lives in our bathroom, just inside the slightly ajar top window to be precise, from where she has a commanding view of all who come and go as their ablutions and bodily functions require. We’re most likely to notice her at night when she emerges from her favourite...

The problem with a lot of invertebrate life at the Weymouth Wetlands is that it doesn’t have common names. Misumena vatia is a superb looking spider and belongs to the crab spider family. It’s often found on either white or yellow flowers where it sits and waits for hungry insect to stop...