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@duleyp.bsky.social
Confined to the sofa by M.E.
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"Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous." Mon Mothma
Opportunistic snap of a Fleecy Jumping #spider (Pseudeuophrys lanigera) which has taken up residence on our front door (least I think it is, corrections welcome!). It's tiny, about 2mm head to tail! Will try to get better 📸 on a day when I've more 🪫. #wildlifefrommywindow #invertebrates #arachnids
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Happened across a Noble False Widow #Spider in the garden, Steatoda nobilis. She'd set up home in the rotted out center of an old ivy trunk. Only had my #fairphone6 on me, but a good enough 📷 to share for #arachtober. #wildlifefrommywindow #gardenwildlife #ukwildlife
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The plants are all a bit confused, aren't they? We've some unseasonable Blackberry flowers! #wildflowerhour
October 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
No camera action for me for a while, so here's a Wolf #Spider from a month ago for #aractober. #wildlifefrommywindow #ukwildlife
#gardenwildlife #invertebrates
October 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A Redstem Stork's-bill (?) for #wildflowerhour. Nestled beneath a street name sign just down the road from home. It's a little patch of colour. 😊
October 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A pseudoscorpion for #arachtober. A Compost Chernes [pselaphochernes scorpioides] from the garden compost heap.
#wildlifefrommywindow #invertebrates #ukwildlife #gardenwildlife #macro
October 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My luck was back this PM. Managed to find 2, with the same characteristics. Side light and flash showed up the hairs. I think you're right (unsurprisingly!), clubbed setae, and trichobothria on the abdomen and 4th tarsus, so pselaphochernes scorpioides. Do you concur? I have other 📷 if needed.
October 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My word, the news is unrelentedly shit at the moment... so I'm switching to my Nature list only on BSky for a bit!

This female Ivy #bee was going her thing last weekend. The ivy was alive with bees, flies, and wasps, which was delightful. 😊 #solitarybees #wildlifefrommywindow #insects #inverts
October 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Found one in the garden today, after some pointers from @vannabartlett.bsky.social. Not sure I've ever noticed them before. Does your post mean that we can expect a casting of one in the future?
September 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
@vannabartlett.bsky.social Success! Very happy to have "discovered" something new. Thank you! I think this might keep me occupied with the 📸 for a big. 😊

I've ordered a copy of the FSC guide, can you give me any pointers ahead of its arrival?
#wildlifefrommywindow #arachnids #invertebrates
September 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One from a week or so ago. The Evening Primrose is lasting well, and is providing some late season nourishment. The low evening sun showed that sometimes there's a risk associated with a free meal though! (Another Flower Crab #spider) #wildlifefrommywindow #invertebrates #gardenwildlife #ukwildlife
September 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Had a rest, during Fenris' morning constitutional, by a sun-drenched patch of ivy and just watched the Ivy #bees do their thing. Sound up for humming of insects, Jackdaw, and Blue Tits.
#Insects #invertebrates #ukwildlife
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It's been a quiet time for me with the camera, for various reasons. Couldn't resist this Ladder Backer Hover #fly though. It was a cool, wet, morning and it was waiting on the Musk Mallow for some sun to warm it up. #wildlifefrommywindow #diptera #invertebrates #insects #gardenwildlife #ukwildlife
September 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm confined to the sofa today, so another photo of the female Common Blue #butterfly from last weekend to end #invertefest for me. #wildlifefrommywindow #insects #invertebrates #ukwildlife #gardenwildlife
August 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I found a hind wing from a Red Admiral #butterfly (?). Possibly from a bird attack, maybe it escaped. 🤷 With every magnifying device fitted to the 📷 I managed this photo, which shows the scales nicely. #invertefest #wildlifefrommywindow #invertebrates #insects #ukwildlife #gardenwildlife
August 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Lack of variation for todays #invertefest 📷, again. However it is a different Flower Crab #Spider. This one much smaller, ~5mm body length, & on a buddliea. It's not in a traditional pose as it is shovelling a tiny fly into its mouth. #wildlifefrommywindow #invertebrates #ukwildlife #gardenwildlife
August 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I couldn't find something different in the garden for todays #invertefest photo, so went for a different composition instead. Someone's playing peek-a-boo!

#wildlifefrommywindow #BugSky #invertebrates #insects #gardenwildlife #ukwildlife

[it's ANOTHER Sloe Bug]
August 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's a bit blustery here today and this Flower Crab #spider was hanging onto a Scabious in the meadow patch like grim death. #wildlifefrommywindow #invertefest #invertebrates #arachnid #ukwildlife #gardenwildlife
August 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
There were a couple of ♀️ Common Blue #butterflies sunning themselves on the cone flowers at the weekend. #invertefest #invertebrates #insects #wildlifefrommywindow #ukwildlife #gardenwildlife
August 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A last stage Sloe #Bug nymph posing on a cone flower petal this weekend. AKA the Hairy Shield Bug, this species seems to be by far the most common shield bug in our garden. #invertefest #wildlifefrommywindow #gardenwildlife #ukwildlife #invertebrates #insects
August 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Spent a little time this afternoon knelt by the Marjoram watching the Common Furrow #bees coming and going. They're dinky little #solitarybees (the face is a little over 2mm across) and they don't ever seem to stay still! #wildlifefrommywindow #ukwildlife #invertebrates #insects
August 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Thistle is proving a real sanctuary for old, tired, #leafcutter #bees this week. This poor dear is missing her front right leg. Am going to make sure there's a nice large patch of Thistle in the beds next year. #wildlifefrommywindow #gardenwildlife #solitarybees #invertebrates #insects
August 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My eldest spotted this Wood Carving Leafcutter #solitarybee bedraggled on a thistle. She slowly perked up after the rain, and moved into a patch of sunshine. She's 'old', with tatty wings and damage to one eye, but gorgeous all the same. #wildlifefrommywindow #gardenwildlife #invertebrates #insects
July 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I've started to experiment with using the flash, and with a new diffuser got these of a ♂️ Early #bumblebee. It's a new dimension for composition, so a bit to get my head around. #wildlifefrommywindow #Insects #invertebrates #ukwildlife #gardenwildlife
July 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Spotted a unit of a Poplar Hawk #moth #caterpillar on the Willow this afternoon. Thought I'd try the UV torch tonight to see how much it fluoresced, quite a bit was the answer. Although it was clearer through the camera. Will hunt for more at the wkend. #wildlifefrommywindow #insects #invertebrates
July 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM