I checked the common mallow & sure enough, there was a Podagrica sp. In this case, P. fuscicornis, the red-legged one. I need to do a thread about the Podagricas of common mallow in the UK as they're more interesting than you'd expect for tiny flea beetles...

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A pinkish purple thistle flower with a bright yellow crab spider sitting underneath looking quite obvious and not at all cryptic!

I am not sure if this Misumena thought it was well-camouflaged... [3/]

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The white frothy "platform" of flowers from an Apiaceae plant, on which a medium-sized wasp is sitting. The wasp is black and yellow striped, but a bit more gracile and leggy than a "normal" Vespula. This individual has a partly-crushed abdomen, with T1 and T2 both distorted badly.

The white frothy "platform" of flowers from an Apiaceae plant, on which a medium-sized wasp is sitting. The wasp is black and yellow striped, but a bit more gracile and leggy than a "normal" Vespula. This individual has a partly-crushed abdomen, with T1 and T2 both distorted badly, and the insides partly visible at the T3 join.

The white frothy "platform" of flowers from an Apiaceae plant, on which a medium-sized wasp is sitting. The wasp is black and yellow striped, but a bit more gracile and leggy than a "normal" Vespula. This individual has a partly-crushed abdomen.

The white frothy "platform" of flowers from an Apiaceae plant, on which a medium-sized wasp is sitting. The wasp is black and yellow striped, but a bit more gracile and leggy than a "normal" Vespula. This individual has a partly-crushed abdomen, with T1 and T2 both distorted badly.

Very heavily damaged Polistes sp. spotted on the Niab East Malling site on Friday - have to admire how it was still foraging despite the serious damage on the abdomen.
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