2023 November 1

   Is a November butterfly possible?

Kirsten Mills reports one Cabbage White along North Dairy Road on October 31, 2023.

Jochen Möhr from Metchosin offes a picture of an old friend – he, she, it – has been sharing my office with me for months now.    Dr Robb Bennett writes: almost certainly Eratigena duellica, the European “giant house spider”. A female.

Eratigena duellica (Ara.: Agelenidae)   Jochen Möhr