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Aug 16, 2021 · This major identification guide to 450 species of spider is designed for easy use. Each species is described in detail and illustrated in colour, including common colour variants and differences between the sexes.
Jul 11, 2023 · Egg: The journey begins when the female lime butterfly lays down her host plant-specific spherical yellow to green eggs, typically numbering up to 100, on the leaves of preferred citrus plants such as Murraya koenigii and Citrus x aurantiifolia. Single eggs are laid in multiple places to increase survival chances of the offspring.
- Orange-tip (pictured above) Description: Greenish-white when first laid, but turn bright orange in a few days. Where: Eggs are laid beneath the calyx or on a stalk of cuckooflower, garlic mustard.
- Large white. Description: The yellow skittle-shaped eggs are laid directly on the food plant (rather than on top of other eggs) in batches of 40 to 100 eggs, resulting in an organised egg mass.
- Brimstone. Description: Although several eggs may be found together, this is either the result of different females, or the same female revisiting the same spot.
- Speckled wood. Description: The spherical eggs are very light green in colour are laid singly, sometimes in pairs, on the underside of a leaf of the foodplant.
Lime butterflies mud-puddling with common emigrants (Catopsilia pomona) in India This butterfly is an avid mud-puddler and visitor of flowers. It basks with its wings held wide open on tufts of grass and herbs , and generally keeps within a metre of the ground, even on cloudy days.
- Robin
- Woodpigeon
- Blackbird
- Magpie
- Pheasant
- Starling
- Song Thrush
- Willow Warbler
- Wren
- House Sparrow
Robins tend to lay in April and have a clutch size of 4 – 5. Their eggs are white/cream in colour with light brown speckles and are usually quite small at about 2x.15cm each. American robins, on the other hand, lay blue eggs. This is where you may have heard the term ‘robin egg blue’ come from. Learn more about robins here.
Woodpigeons are larger than most common UK birds, with much larger eggs (about 4.1 x 2.9cm each). They can lay all year round, but only have a clutch size of 2. Their eggs are smooth and white, with no distinctive markings.
Blackbirds lay very pretty blue-green eggs which have light brown speckles. They lay 3 – 5 eggs at a time from early spring to mid-summer.
Magpies are the centre of many superstitions. Their eggs are blue-green in colour with brown markings. They are a relatively average size at 3.2 x 2.3cm and are laid in clutches of 5 to 8. Magpie’s laying season is early April.
Pheasants are popular gamebirds with colourful, decorated plumage. Their eggs are an olive-brown colour with no markings. Pheasants lay an impressive 7 – 15 eggs per clutch, and their laying season extends across April to June.
Starling lay pale blue eggs with no markings. Average size of these eggs is 2.1 x 3cm, and they lay clutches of 4 – 6 eggs. Their laying season is mid-April.
Song thrush lay in early spring and have 3 – 5 eggs per clutch. Their eggs are a light blue colour with small black markings, and measure on average 2.7 – 2cm.
Willow warblers lay white eggs with red/brown markings covering them. They usually lay over the months of April/May and have an average of 4 – 8 eggs per clutch.
Willow warblers lay white eggs with red/brown markings covering them. They Wren’s lay white/light brown eggs with brown markings. They are on average around 1.6 x 1.3cm each in size. The laying season of the wren is April.
House sparrows’ eggs are a white/light grey colour with grey/brown markings across them. They are small in size at 2.2 x 1.6cm and are laid in clutch sizes of 4 – 5 during the month of May.
Spiders found in United Kingdom include 41 unique species from confirmed sightings by contributing members of Spider ID. It is important to remember that spiders seen in United Kingdom are not bound by the territorial lines decided on by humans, therefore their distribution is subject to change.
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A guide to all 38 of the British families, focusing on spiders that can be identified in the field. Illustrated with a remarkable collection of photographs, it is designed to be accessible to a wide audience, including those new to spider identification.
