Random photos from the last couple of weeks

[comanche 3,027]

Caught in act of having poo( the spider not me)

Frost-proofing mole traps with local materials.

And it payed off though the mole was still frozen to the trap

This little soul woke me up,  so 3am found me spuddling in the van for a trap. Funny that l heard the mouse running over the carpet but didn't  hear the trap go off. Anyway only one of us saw the Sun rise. 

Hopefully this is the squirrel that was nicking the insulation from a customer's  loft . Coupled with temporary fix to the soffet it seems to've done the job. I didn't  really want to spend Cristmas checking traps any more than they wanted me traipsing past them while they watched the King's SpeechAlmost forgotten what makes tracks like these. 

And nothing to do with pest control . But it pays to remember that one trailer wheel on a frozen dung heap and the other on soft mud covered in weak ice is not a good combination.

I won't be forgetting it again

Happy Christmas!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 26, 2022 by comanche
Beast of Bodmin ate my homewirk

[EDDIE B 3,166]

Interesting pictures. Anything else work to keep the mole traps working during snow/freezing conditions? 

The false widows seem to be more common than any other spider around my house. Wonder how common is it to be bitten by one.

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7 hours ago, EDDIE B said:

Interesting pictures. Anything else work to keep the mole traps working during snow/freezing conditions? 

The false widows seem to be more common than any other spider around my house. Wonder how common is it to be bitten by one.

I don't know how how common it is to bitten but you are right ; they certainly aren't  rare.  Any coat that's  been hanging in my outhouse for a while will have a nest in it somewhere .

T'other Half  has on two occasions been bitten  on the inner thigh while gardening. Once was definitely by a FBW .  The second assailant wasn't apprehended  but the wounds  were identical  . 

A sensible boiler suit tucked into socks has replaced the floaty hippy skirt for all serious horticultural tasks.