Mark McCaughrean2d ago

Always worth a last visit to the garden before the sun sets over the opposite side of the valley, just in case someone's enjoying the final warmth 🌞

Today that was one of the big beasts – a female European nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis; Listspinne in 🇩🇪).

When it bored of being photo'd, it excreted two large clear blue-green droplets & disappeared 🤷‍♂️

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Show threadMike.1d ago
@markmccaughrean don’t know if you have decent access to BBC4? There is a nice program by Wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn on now ( repeated Fri or on iPlayer ) titled ‘My Garden of a Thousand Bees’ 🐝…..
Show threadMark McCaughrean
@doddington That would surely involve having a VPN & lying to Auntie about having a licence. I can’t believe that you’re making such a suggestion, Mr Doddington … 🐝
Mar 25 at 9:48pmIceCubesApp
Show threadMike.2h ago
@markmccaughrean 😉📺🤫