Far From the Madding Crowd: Wasp Spider

Thursday, 29 August 2013

Wasp Spider

Wasp Spider, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

Found this big lady today at Morden Bog. I think her web needs a little tidying up;-)

4 comments:

Roy Norris said...: A great shot Lyn.
Just wondered, when you went to Fontmell Down were all the Poppies out in the field near the car park. There was a lovely show there one year.; 30 August 2013 at 01:41
farmlady said...: Messy web... but beautiful spider.
Wonderful photo of it.; 30 August 2013 at 03:47
Linda Yarrow said...: Hi Roy, No, not seen any poppies this year in the field near the car park.; 30 August 2013 at 13:24
Richard Pegler said...: An awesome spider, Linda, and nicely photogrphed.

Only seen one of these once, and that was in Bosnia. At that time I didn't realise that we had them in UK too!; 1 September 2013 at 17:50

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I have taken the title of my blog from Thomas Hardy's fourth novel 'Far From the Madding Crowd' which he wrote in 1874. He took his title from Thomas Gray's poem 'Elegy written in a Country Churchyard' completed in 1750. Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset where he lived for most of his life and where he based the stories in his novels. The word 'madding' means frenzied and there is a sense of freedom I get being out in the countryside and being close to nature away from the frenzied atmosphere of the towns and cities. I live in Dorset and like Thomas Hardy, it is where I have lived for most of my life, my blog is mostly about nature in Dorset. I am a member of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. I will include my garden and anything of interest about the natural world in Britain.