The beautiful pattern from yesterday is the abdomen of a European garden spider, Araneus diadematus, an orb weaver.
The suggestions I got were fascinating, and could conceivably have been:
a cowrie shell
snake skin
mould
something Dale needs to have looked at by a professional
frog/toad skin
caterpillar
some kind of plant
two people suggested it might be part of an insect,
OR
an arachnid! (which it is)
Every time I went back to re-photograph it, the little rascal would scurry off into the brush. Why? Because spiders have sensory hairs on the legs and bodies that alerts them to puffs of air and vibrations. These thin hairs on their legs and bodies are called trichobothria - so effective and sensitive.
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