Off Patch: a purse web spider at Dersingham Bog

Purseweb Spider, Atypus affinis, Dersingham Bog, 29th February 2020

Off Patch: three from Great Hockham

Denroxina quadrimaculata, Great Hockham, 20th January 2020

Marpissa muscosa, Great Hockham, 20th January 2020

Carabus granulatus, Great Hockham, 20th January 2020

Off patch - Sheringham beach

    Another night time seach for Nebria livida at the Sheringham end of the soft cliffs. Tom Parkes and I managed to find five, along with a few frogs, sea slater and a superb woodlouse spider. The beetles were again loyal to the seepages and in one case the edge of a pool behind the old sea defences.

Nebria livida - behind old seawall

Common frog - 4 found at base of cliffs

 Sea slater - 8+ scuttling along prom edge

Woodlouse spider spp. - plenty of woodlice present.

Six other beasties found in early May

Slender Groundhopper, Holme NWT, 4th May 2018

The Spider Larinoides cornutus, Redwell, 7th May 2018

The Hoverfly Baccha elongata, Ringstead Downs, 5th May 2018

The Leafbug Harpocera thoracica, Ringstead Downs, 7th May 2018

The Mayfly Cloeon dipterum, Holme NWT, 5th May 2018

Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus mirmicoides, Ringstead Downs, 6th May 2018

Three early-season bugs and a spider

Sloe Shieldbug Ringstead Downs, 19th APril 2018

Corizus hyoscyami, Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2018

Dock Shieldbug, Coreus marginatus, Ringstead Downs, 19th APril 2018

Nurseryweb Spider Pisaura mirabilis, Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2018

A friendly-looking spider

Nuctea umbratica, Holme village, 7th April 2018

A dune spider

Arctosa perita, Holme NWT, 18th September 2017

Metellina segmentata and White Melilot

White Melilot, Holme Village, 9th September 2017

Metellina segmentata, Ringstead Downs,11th September 2017

Off Patch: Roydon Common

Mitopus morio, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

Heather Leaf Beetle, Lochmaea suturalis, Roydon Common, 4th Septemebr 2017

Four-spotted orbweb Spider, Araneus quadratus, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

putative Metallina segmentata, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

Agalenatea redii, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

Slow Worm, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

Great Crested Newt, Roydon Common, 4th September 2017

Three common spiders from Holme Marsh

Zebra Spider, Salticus scenucus, Holme Marsh, 3rd September 2017

Walnut Orb Web Spider, Nuctenea umbratica, Holme Marsh, 3rd September 2017

Garden Spider Araneus diadematus, Holme Marsh, 3rd September 2017

Two very scarce moths and a new spider for the patch

Netted Pug, Holme NOA, 23d June 2017

White-shouldered Sober, Hunstanton (Joan Fox), 20th June 2017

Sitticus pubescens, Hunstanton (Joan Fox), 21st June 2017

Off Patch: on Scolt Head

Ant Woodlouse, Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi, Scolt Head, 29th May 2017

Rhombic Leatherbug, Scolt Head, 29th May 2017

Araniella sp, Scolt Head, 29th May 2017

Marram Spider Marpissa nivoyi, Scolt Head, 29th May 2017

Polydrusus pulchellus, Scolt Head, 29th May 2017

Nurseryweb Spider

Nurseryweb Spider Pisaura mirabilis, Holme Marsh, 21st May 2017

2nd April 2017: 2 arachnids and 3 beetles

Carrion Beetle, Oiceoptoma thoracium, Ringstead Downs, 2nd April 2017

Adonis ladybird, Hippodamia variegata, Ringstead Downs, 2nd April 2017

Strandline Runner, Broscus cephalotes, Holme NWT, 2nd April 2017

Marram Pseudoscorpion, Dactylochelifer latreillei, Holme NWT, 2nd April 2017

Arctosa perita, Holme NWT, 2nd April 2017

Daddy long-legs spider

An inhabitant of our conservatory - Pholcus phalangioides Daddy long-legs spider.

Insects and spiders on Wild Parsnip

The Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa flowers at Holme Dunes yesterday were smothered in feeding insects, and a couple of spiders hunting them.  At present I do not have the necessary books or knowledge to ID them all and so here are a few for you to name for me!
Thanks to James Emerson again for rapid IDs.

A Hover-fly Chrysotoxum bicinctum

Noon Fly Mesembrina meridiana

Is this a species of Bupestrid beetle? Possibly Chequered Click Beetle Prosternon tessellatum

Two of these spiders were hunting on one of the plants.  I think they could be Large-jawed Orb Web Spiders Tetragnatha montana.