It's Back

For the third year running a Hummingbird Hawk-moth has visited the Buddleia in the back garden. However this is the earliest one to have been recorded, with September being the favoured month from the last two years. The Buddleia was also swarming with bees, hoverflies, 6 Small Tortoiseshells, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Large White and a nice surprise a Meadow Brown.

As I turned away from the Buddleia a huge spider caught my eye as it ran up the wall of the house. You couldn't really miss it as it was a good 3" in length and it turns out it could be either Tegenaria saeva (usually known as Tegenaria atrica) or Tegenaria gigantea (also referred to as Tegenaria duellica).

Here are a few images from today:

Hummingbird Hawk-moth

Large White

Giant House Spider