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A very small scorpion. No idea if it's true that the sting of a small scorpion is more painful than that of a large scorpion. It went shooting off into the weeds and I moved on to another patch, thankful that I hadn't grabbed it in my hand in my bid to remove as much bindweed as possible.

On the insect front, a couple of years back, I saw a beautiful tarantula in among my Brussels sprouts as I was weeding them. I've stopped putting down hay as mulch, so there's no chance I might be caught unawares again. Have been got on two occasions by a wolf spider and that was more than enough for me.

Just to be clear, we regard any insects in the house as fair game. Out in the veg patch, only caterpillars, snails and aphids are subject to culling.

Sounds like extreme gardening to me,brought back memories of when I ended up with a tarantula on the back of my hand whilst in the West Indies, it went flying very quickly

[Snoop]

Sounds like extreme gardening to me,brought back memories of when I ended up with a tarantula on the back of my hand whilst in the West Indies, it went flying very quickly

I'm not sure what I'd do if I had a tarantula on my hand. Flap about in an attempt to shake it off, I guess. What did you do, so as I know for next time...

The one I saw was a beauty though. The daughter of a friend of mine once had one as a pet. She kept it in a small terrarium. I didn't think much about it at the time, but having seen one in the wild, it seems a shame to me now that it should have been incarcerated like that.

[GTFC197]

Had this little chappie come to see me near our pond today, not sure what sort of Shield Bug it is, there are so many.

[snowdrops]

Sounds like extreme gardening to me,brought back memories of when I ended up with a tarantula on the back of my hand whilst in the West Indies, it went flying very quickly

I'm not sure what I'd do if I had a tarantula on my hand. Flap about in an attempt to shake it off, I guess. What did you do, so as I know for next time...

The one I saw was a beauty though. The daughter of a friend of mine once had one as a pet. She kept it in a small terrarium. I didn't think much about it at the time, but having seen one in the wild, it seems a shame to me now that it should have been incarcerated like that.

I shook it off very abruptly hence the flying lesson,then screamed for my sister who told me to stand on it as I had shoes on   but I didn't it would have been very squelchy  plus it didn't seem right to kill it, it was outside in its habitat plus I never kill spiders, not sure about the scorpion though.

[Yorkie]

Saw a cinnabar moth on the plots at the weekend - never seen it before; it is such a striking red colour 
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=3579

[joyfull]

cinnabars are lovely moths

[snowdrops]

I had one of those on the plot on Sunday, it had flown away by the time I got my phone to take a piicture

[Paul Plots]

Wheelbarrow to the rescue yesterday...... twice I had to chase a squirrel who decided to help replant some daffodils that I had lifted and set out to dry.

I guess I shouldn't complain - at least it was leaving my shallots alone for a change. 

[GTFC197]

Took dog for walk the other week and he walked straight past this little fella munching away on seeds right in the middle of pathway.
Never even bothered when I went up close to take pictures, finished what he was eating, then sat on grass verge and started eating something else.

[blackberryjam]

Had this little chappie come to see me near our pond today, not sure what sort of Shield Bug it is, there are so many.

I think it's called a woundwort shieldbug

[GTFC197]

Thanks, we usually get the common green coloured ones, but never seen this one before.

[archibtbm]

i found this in the polytunnel today.  I'm not sure about the cluster of yellow eggs and if they belong to it.

[joyfull]

it's a cinnabar moth and yes the eggs are the right colour to be it's eggs, the caterpillars of this moth are identified by their yellow and black hoops 

[Thrift]

Took dog for walk the other week and he walked straight past this little fella munching away on seeds right in the middle of pathway.
Never even bothered when I went up close to take pictures, finished what he was eating, then sat on grass verge and started eating something else.

I filmed one of these sweet little creatures having a lovely midnight feast. The only problem - it was munching my lettuces!

[GTFC197]

 

Can't tell them off cos they're too cute.