Sea Aster rayless form flosculosus (Aster tripolium var )



Wasp Spider egg sac



Nobody is quite sure why the zig zag pattern is present except possible to attract insects.

By it's small size this is probably a male.





Egg sac was quite difficult to spot in the grass. This one is still open.
It less than three feet away from the presumed female below.





This one is quite large so it's probably a female.

The web looks like its hung over manipulated depression in the grass.





This one was on a web about three feet away, was much smaller than the one above so presumed to be a male.

Tags: WaspSpider, SeaAster

Annual Sea Blite (Sueda maritima)



















Red Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)





Sea Aster (Aster tripolium)



Sea Aster Mining Bee (Colletes halophilus)

























Wasp Spider (



Four Spotted Orb Weaver Sp

Tags: WaspSpider, RedBackedShrike, AnnualSeaBlite