Insects and Spiders

[balistar]

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a good old acquaintance, the Cockchafer
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Biker, you lucky one
I think it's been decades since i saw the last cockchafer. And that, although it is said that after years of being almost exterminated, they have increased again, explicitly here in south-west Germany.


this highly endangered stag-beetle (Lucanus cervus) female (?) made a visit on my terrace



or is it a Dorcus parallelipipedus ?

[Biker]

that's difficult, isn't it?
The female of Lucanus cervus looks very similar to Dorcus parallelipipedus

[balistar]

Yesterday's observation in my living room:
the Nosferatu spider (Zoropsis spinimana)





NABU: "16,000 Nosferatus spiders from Freiburg to Rendsburg
The immigrant householder is more widespread than previously known
Within a few years, the Nosferatus spider, which originated in the Mediterranean region, has spread to almost all of Germany."

[Biker]

This is what I have been waiting for :|
a spider which hunts active - and can bite nicely - even us
thanks anyway, balistar

unknown



and a wasp spider.
a female with the typical zigzag shape decoration called the stabilimentum, at her web

[balistar]

Great pictures, Biker


PS: meanwhile as it got colder, i had two more "Nosferatu spider" visits in my living room
(and of course carried them out again immediately )

[balistar]

on one of the last warm sunny days at the end of October i caught these two ensuring their reproduction...

[Biker]

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Hello!

very late the two.

also here with me in the north it was very long warm. In mid-November a red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) sat on the balcony railing

balistar

[Biker]

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this one loses her hand luggage