Insects - Early Winter

Spiders

Lots of Spiders are acctive outside and in. The beautiful webs can easily be seen as the morning dew or perhaps a light frost jewel the spindles with tiny drops of water or ice
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Keep your eyes peeled and you'll find them everywhere. If you take a great arty photo of a web e-mail it (or them) to us at sightings@ElyGreen.org and we'll put them in the photographs section of the Sightings page

Dragonflies

Gone by mid-November, and like Red Admirals, on warm days the last of the year's Dragonflies may be on the wing. Well camoflauged despite their often blue and green striped bodies, dragonflies may resting on branches before hawking back and forth around sunny, sheltered areas
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On the 'bridge' between the pits on Kiln Lane (TL 553 806 or N+52 24' 5" E+0 16' 51")
Confluence of Wicken Lode and New River at Wicken Fen (TL 561 703 or N+52 18' 28" E+0 17' 15")

Harlequin Ladybirds

This American invasive species loves to winter communally indoors. The two white spots at the front of the thorax (body) identifies this species, which is very variable in the amount of red and black on the wing cases. Lavae of the harlequin ladybird predates indigenous species. It's not very Buddist but you may want to encourage survival of the indigenous species by a little selection pressure on the Harlequins
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Look behind curtains or in nooks and crannies in sheds and garages