On the road again.

[JBW]

[dabhand]

Developing a spider fetish now Brian

steve

[Shadowman]

Nice.

[Geoff F]

Can't be a spider; count the legs, to say nothing of the eyes. So must be some form of weird insect.

[dabhand]

Can't be a spider; count the legs, to say nothing of the eyes. So must be some form of weird insect.

Duh - probably a good reason why I'm not an entomologist ;-)

steve

[Geoff F]

Well to be honest, with those long antennae, I had to look twice!

[JBW]

Developing a spider fetish now Brian

steve

I probably am and we do have an ant lookalike spider in the garden but I do believe this one is an ant.

[JBW]

Well to be honest, with those long antennae, I had to look twice!

later today, with any luck I will be posting a real puzzler. It may be a a spider that looks like an ant in its web or an ant caught in the web. I just can't get through the webbing to get a clear shot of the beast.

[bnnrcn]

Whatever insect it is, I like the colour and velvety look . Nice image with nice colours and patterns

[dabhand]

later today, with any luck I will be posting a real puzzler. It may be a a spider that looks like an ant in its web or an ant caught in the web. I just can't get through the webbing to get a clear shot of the beast.

I'll wait for Geoff's answer - save me making a fool of myself again

steve

[JBW]

I'll wait for Geoff's answer - save me making a fool of myself again

steve

I am hoping he will have a possible answer too. it is in a cocoon type web, has 8 legs and may have wings!

[JBW]

Whatever insect it is, I like the colour and velvety look . Nice image with nice colours and patterns

so do I.

[Brownbear]

Beautiful image!

I wonder if you placed a wee little bit of sugar (not so much that you can see the sugar) on the leaf if the ant might turn around and face you.

[JBW]

Beautiful image!

I wonder if you placed a wee little bit of sugar (not so much that you can see the sugar) on the leaf if the ant might turn around and face you.

It might have but this lady was on a trek. however i did get an almost head on shot. She is the ant that is overlooking the dark abyss with the background you pikes so much.

[Geoff F]

Can't be a spider; count the legs, to say nothing of the eyes. So must be some form of weird insect.

Just a thought but, besides the possibility of it being an ant (the antennae are rather ant like), there are some solitary wasps which are wingless and look rather ant like. For example Myrmosa species.

With that particular photo, I think I would be struggling to find an identification even if it was a simple UK species!

[Brownbear]

Hi Brian,

Yes, and you captured this lady on a trek beautifully. And yes indeed I recall that other beauty overlooking the dark abyss.

The green leaves are making for beautiful backgrounds for your ants and grasshoppers (the latest ones that I recall) And the only thing I can think of to bring these beautiful images of yours to another level is for you to capture the eyes, one of your ants or grasshoppers looking right at us would be truly stunning. Hence the suggestion for a wee grain of sugar, drop of honey.

It might have but this lady was on a trek. however i did get an almost head on shot. She is the ant that is overlooking the dark abyss with the background you pikes so much.