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Photo of a male keeled skimmer dragnofly - Orthetrum coerulescens - at rest on a horsetail in full sun.

Photo of a male keeled skimmer dragnofly - Orthetrum coerulescens - at rest on a horsetail in full sun.

photo of some round-leaved sundews - Drosera rotundifolia - growing through sphagnum moss

photo of some round-leaved sundews - Drosera rotundifolia - growing through sphagnum moss

photo of a pirate wolf spider - Pirata sp. - standing on the water surface in a peat bog

photo of a pirate wolf spider - Pirata sp. - standing on the water surface in a peat bog

Found a small patch of sphagnum bog on a valley floor in the middle of what is mostly well-drained pasture land. Home to a lively colony of keeled skimmers - Orthetrum coerulescens, also sundews and pirate wolf spiders.

#arachnophobia_tw #spiders #dragonfly #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

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photograph of an orb web hanging from some grass stems bound together held under tension.

photograph of an orb web hanging from some grass stems bound together held under tension.

Constructing an orb web without a rigid framework requires some elegant engineering.

#spider #orbweaver #araneidae #wildlifephotography #web #grass #argyll #scotland #uk #arachnophobia_tw

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Macro photo of a 4mm long red mite feeding on an insect larva in a bed of moss.

Macro photo of a 4mm long red mite feeding on an insect larva in a bed of moss.

A big mite (4mm!) feeding(?) on a crane fly(?) larva. Calyptostoma specifically parasitise crane flies - young mites cling to adult crane flies; adults feed on crane fly larvae. Could that be what's going on here?
#arachnid #tipulidae #arachnophobia_tw #naturephotography #argyll #scotland #uk

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