It's so easy to overlook interesting things but something about this tiny spider in an Oak sapling just looked a bit odd. A very small Humped-Backed Orbweaver (Gibbaranea gibbosa), never seen one before and almost missed it this time.

Great work ! Not sure about your new handbag though.

Great photo - and I know how hard they are to photograph ! Usually I get the dorsal photo then just before I get the crucial ID face photo ... hop.

Wow, thanks for that ! What an interesting website. Still a puzzled as to why what looks like a nymph would have such developed wings. I'll see if I can translate some of that web page later.

More on the theme of odd creatures that drop out of Oak Trees when looking for beetles. This is another that's got me stumped. There were also plenty of Yellow Barkflies (Valenzuela flavidus) so I wonder if this is a nymph (2.8mm) but if so - why has it got wings ? "Google Lens" is stumped as well !

Superb photo and many thanks for posting it. I've got a collection of Harvestman photos I need to try and ID and it's just those exact details I was looking for !

Some of the bugs you shake out of trees this time of year can be an astonishing colour. This one (from just before the deluge) is Megacoelum infusum from an Oak tree in Leasowes NR.

Just managed to get a photo of this final instar Hawthorn Shieldbug with it's autumn red tinge before it rained like the world was about to end. Makes you wonder what happens to all the inverts that live in trees during a deluge like that.

There seems to be no end of surprises in store when you tap a tree with a stick. This 2 mm curiosity fell out of a Hawthorn tree yesterday and had me totally flummoxed. A bit of Googling suggests it might be a "Duskywing" larva (Coniopteryx).

Many thanks Derek. Nature is so full of surprises, never knew these existed untill now.