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Marsh frogs, grass snake, common lizard and wasp spider

amphibian, Arachnid, Essex, Reptile, RSPB Rainham, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlife August 28, 2011 1 Comment

My final post from Rainham. The ‘other stuff.’ We saw 2 grass snakes, one of which I photographed. There were also a few wasp spiders, including one in a photographable position I got some nice photos of marsh frogs too And a nice one of a common lizard on the boardwalk.

Meadow and lesser marsh grasshoppers and a wasp spider

grasshopper, odonata, spiders, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlife August 2, 2011 1 Comment

This evening I went for a quick walk around Wat Tyler CP and thought I’d check a wasp spider hotspot. Sure enough there were 3 webs with spider present. Only one was in a reasonable position for photography. They were eating the grasshoppers, like this lesser marsh grasshopper. And this meadow grasshopper. I got some…