2022 October 4 morning

    Two photographs obtained yesterday in View Royal by Cheryl Hoyle:

 

Mouse Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Cheryl Hoyle

   Dr Robb Bennett writes, of the spider below:  The spider looks like a Zygiella species.  Zygiella x-notata is common.  But could also be Z. atrica or Z. dispar in our area.

 

Zygiella sp. (Ara.:  Araneidae)  Cheryl Hoyle