@bernoid.bsky.socialIt was misty this morning up on the heath. The dew made the spiderwebs very conspicuous, including the canopies protecting these WASP SPIDER egg sacs! Wasp spiders on my local heath! I am absolutely thrilled!! #WaspSpider #Spiders #Devon
@gremlingraeme.bsky.socialWasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)
Wasp Spiders are great mimics, looking just like a common wasps
Found in S England, but spreading North
The web has a wide, white zig-zag strip running down the middle, known as a 'stabilimentum', the function of which is unclear