Posted by mogga on September 29, 2011, 9:05 am
The spiders needing moving before I mowed the lawn yesterday as
they've made webs all round the bushes and hedges. Some of the web
felt really tough to break though!
Either that or I was feeling particularly weak yesterday. Some pretty
big spiders too. (Orb ones I think with huge backsides!)
They'd also reclaimed across the front path (just a couple of threads)
within an hour of my son going through it this morning. Should I be
worried about how many we have round here yet?
:)
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http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk
Posted by CT on September 29, 2011, 9:29 am
mogga wrote:
> The spiders needing moving before I mowed the lawn yesterday as
> they've made webs all round the bushes and hedges. Some of the web
> felt really tough to break though!
> Either that or I was feeling particularly weak yesterday. Some pretty
> big spiders too. (Orb ones I think with huge backsides!)
>
> They'd also reclaimed across the front path (just a couple of threads)
> within an hour of my son going through it this morning. Should I be
> worried about how many we have round here yet?
> :)
You are not alone. There seems be an awful lot around this year and
they all seem to be competent and prolific web-builders!
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Chris
Posted by Sacha on September 29, 2011, 11:40 am
> The spiders needing moving before I mowed the lawn yesterday as
> they've made webs all round the bushes and hedges. Some of the web
> felt really tough to break though!
> Either that or I was feeling particularly weak yesterday. Some pretty
> big spiders too. (Orb ones I think with huge backsides!)
>
> They'd also reclaimed across the front path (just a couple of threads)
> within an hour of my son going through it this morning. Should I be
> worried about how many we have round here yet?
> :)
I don't know what makes them but we have some box which is like a
jewellery box every morning. It's decorated with masses of 'diamond'
necklaces made of cobwebs sparkling with dew. They're not very big and
each is like a sort of little hammock. I must try to remember to take
a photo tomorrow morning because they're just so beautiful - as long as
I don't have to meet the inhabitants!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by mogga on September 29, 2011, 1:16 pm
>> The spiders needing moving before I mowed the lawn yesterday as
>> they've made webs all round the bushes and hedges. Some of the web
>> felt really tough to break though!
>> Either that or I was feeling particularly weak yesterday. Some pretty
>> big spiders too. (Orb ones I think with huge backsides!)
>>
>> They'd also reclaimed across the front path (just a couple of threads)
>> within an hour of my son going through it this morning. Should I be
>> worried about how many we have round here yet?
>> :)
>I don't know what makes them but we have some box which is like a
>jewellery box every morning. It's decorated with masses of 'diamond'
>necklaces made of cobwebs sparkling with dew. They're not very big and
>each is like a sort of little hammock. I must try to remember to take
>a photo tomorrow morning because they're just so beautiful - as long as
>I don't have to meet the inhabitants!
That would be lovely to see!
--
http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk
Posted by Spider on September 29, 2011, 5:20 pm
On 29/09/2011 16:40, Sacha wrote:
>> The spiders needing moving before I mowed the lawn yesterday as
>> they've made webs all round the bushes and hedges. Some of the web
>> felt really tough to break though!
>> Either that or I was feeling particularly weak yesterday. Some pretty
>> big spiders too. (Orb ones I think with huge backsides!)
>>
>> They'd also reclaimed across the front path (just a couple of threads)
>> within an hour of my son going through it this morning. Should I be
>> worried about how many we have round here yet?
>> :)
> I don't know what makes them but we have some box which is like a
> jewellery box every morning. It's decorated with masses of 'diamond'
> necklaces made of cobwebs sparkling with dew. They're not very big and
> each is like a sort of little hammock. I must try to remember to take a
> photo tomorrow morning because they're just so beautiful - as long as I
> don't have to meet the inhabitants!
Hi Sacha,
I wonder if 'your' spider is Linyphia triangularis? It's web has a
random super-structure and sub-structure, being catchment/safety lines
above and below a roughly central hammock-like 'barrage' sheet, below
which the spider lives.
A photograph would certainly help.
--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay
XML site map
> they've made webs all round the bushes and hedges. Some of the web
> felt really tough to break though!
> Either that or I was feeling particularly weak yesterday. Some pretty
> big spiders too. (Orb ones I think with huge backsides!)
>
> They'd also reclaimed across the front path (just a couple of threads)
> within an hour of my son going through it this morning. Should I be
> worried about how many we have round here yet?
> :)