{"id":1175,"date":"2013-09-16T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2014-06-30T20:24:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T20:24:47","slug":"insects-from-arne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1175","title":{"rendered":"Insects from Arne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"600\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Raft Spider\" alt=\"Raft Spider at Coombe Heath\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC_6054_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nRaft Spider<br \/>\nSuperb spiders and the RSPB have even installed a bench next to one of the pools on Coombe Heath so you can sit back and watch them. The Raft Spider uses the surface tension of the water as a massive web and the moment an insect lands on it the spider springs into action.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Four Spotted Orb Weaver\" alt=\"The Four Spotted Orb Weaver the heaviest spider in the UK\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/P1010341_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Araneus quadratus \u2013 the Four Spotted Orb Weaver the heaviest spider in the UK. Commonly makes a meal of grasshoppers. The heathland at Arne is a stronghold where it can be found in Gorse.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"600\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Southern Hawker\" alt=\"Southern Hawker\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC_5984_thumb.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSouthern Hawker<br \/>\nOne of our more common dragonflys found on Coombe Heath<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Wasp Spider (female)\" alt=\"female Wasp Spider at Coombe Heath\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/P1010322_thumb.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nWasp Spider<br \/>\nin the rushes around one of the pools on Coombe Heath<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"600\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Small Tortoisehell\" alt=\"Small Tortoisehell\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC_6014_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSmall Tortoisehell<br \/>\nAppears to have been a really good year for Small Tortoiseshells in southern England. Further north in Manchester I think it\u2019ll be a few years before the population recovers after 2012\u2019s deluge.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Speckled Wood\" alt=\"Speckled Wood\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSC_5970_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSpeckled Wood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Raft Spider Superb spiders and the RSPB have even installed a bench next to one of the pools on Coombe Heath so you can sit back and watch them. 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