A Harvestman

Well, as predicted, it did get a bit warm today and I found myself ditching my vest and having to locate shorts and a short sleeve shirt to wear!

It got to 32 degrees (c) in the back garden by 2 p.m. ….as measured with my meat thermometer! Loads of washing got dried nicely outside … saving the tumble dryer costs!

For blip, once again I trawled the garden for subjects and came across this wonderful Harvestman on a leaf. It is not a spider even though it (normally) has eight legs, although this specimen seems to be missing a couple. I think it is Opilio canestrinii, which appears to be non-native.

Photographed with the 100mm macro lens and a full set of extension tubes (68mm). Even with the  tiny amount of air movements this was blowing about which made focussing ‘interesting’.