2017

TL8174 : Webs on gorse

taken 7 years ago, 3 km from Wordwell, Suffolk, England

Webs on gorse
Webs on gorse
I had a look at the easier bits to get at and could not see anything - I was expecting sawfly larvae (that look like caterpillars): some communal species protect the colony with such webbing. In looking things up later, I found this is the work of gorse spider mites. I had overlooked, and probably could not get close to, the orange bits at some of the vertices. These are doubtless huddles of the tiny mites, Tetranychus lintearius.

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TL8174, 4 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Robin Webster   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 1 July, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 3 July, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 8143 7441 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:20.2657N 0:39.6980E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 81431 74409
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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