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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
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? -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
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! -- Chris |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:40:36 +0100, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-09-29 14:05:11 +0100, mogga said: 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 |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:05:11 +0100, 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? Picture this! Retractable clothes line. Did some washing yesterday evening. Pulled line out of reel and attached to hook at other end of path. Hung washing and left it out overnight to get an early drying start. By this morning the spiders had started to get at it. I don't know whence they came! I've noticed round here they have blue chest bits and the big bulging backends have little red triangles on them front and back! They're big enough to be clearly visible from about 50 feet away. Cheers, Jake ================================================== ===== URGling from the less wet end of Swansea Bay in between sweeping up leaves by the cubic metre! www.rivendell.org.uk |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
"mogga" wrote in message ... 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? On the allotment this morning I spent some time watching a spider build its web. The radial bit was in place and the spider was going round and out from the centre. It grabbed a radial and pulled it towards itself, attached silk from it's rear then moved on. Fascinating. I often sit and watch the bees going round the French Marigolds. Ain't nature great?! Pete C |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:12:40 +0100, Jake Nospam@invalid wrote:
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:05:11 +0100, 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? Picture this! Retractable clothes line. Did some washing yesterday evening. Pulled line out of reel and attached to hook at other end of path. Hung washing and left it out overnight to get an early drying start. By this morning the spiders had started to get at it. I don't know whence they came! I've noticed round here they have blue chest bits and the big bulging backends have little red triangles on them front and back! They're big enough to be clearly visible from about 50 feet away. Take a pic (Or find one on google images) I've had a look - the ones in our garden are mostly Orb spiders but are particularly big this year. I'm itching thinking about them now though (probably cos there's a pic of some woman with a spider on her face ) -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:49:56 +0100, "Pete C"
wrote: "mogga" wrote in message .. . 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? On the allotment this morning I spent some time watching a spider build its web. The radial bit was in place and the spider was going round and out from the centre. It grabbed a radial and pulled it towards itself, attached silk from it's rear then moved on. Fascinating. I often sit and watch the bees going round the French Marigolds. Ain't nature great?! Pete C It is. I love watching bugs. I prefer it when I can snap spiders web easily though. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
On 29/09/2011 14:05, 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? No, don't worry about them, Mogga. Just think how much it will save you on insecticide. There do seem to be lot of orb weavers around at the moment. The ones I see most of in my garden are Araneus diadematus and Zygiella x-notata. Occasionally, I see the web (and inhabitant) of Meta segmentata, too. If you do have to move the webs, try and retain the bridge line as this makes it easier for the spider to reconstruct its web. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
On 29/09/2011 16:40, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-09-29 14:05:11 +0100, mogga said: 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 |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
On 29/09/2011 19:12, Jake wrote:
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:05:11 +0100, 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? Picture this! Retractable clothes line. Did some washing yesterday evening. Pulled line out of reel and attached to hook at other end of path. Hung washing and left it out overnight to get an early drying start. By this morning the spiders had started to get at it. I don't know whence they came! I've noticed round here they have blue chest bits and the big bulging backends have little red triangles on them front and back! They're big enough to be clearly visible from about 50 feet away. Cheers, Jake ================================================== ===== URGling from the less wet end of Swansea Bay in between sweeping up leaves by the cubic metre! www.rivendell.org.uk I'm finding it very hard to place this spider atm, Jake. There is a spider with a small reddish sub-triangular mark near the spinnerets, but the spider is more greenish than blue. I'd love to know what it is. Any chance of a photo, and/or a description/pic of its web? I'll keep my tarsal tips crossed. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:24:19 +0100, Spider wrote:
On 29/09/2011 19:12, Jake wrote: On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:05:11 +0100, 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? Picture this! Retractable clothes line. Did some washing yesterday evening. Pulled line out of reel and attached to hook at other end of path. Hung washing and left it out overnight to get an early drying start. By this morning the spiders had started to get at it. I don't know whence they came! I've noticed round here they have blue chest bits and the big bulging backends have little red triangles on them front and back! They're big enough to be clearly visible from about 50 feet away. Cheers, Jake ================================================== ===== URGling from the less wet end of Swansea Bay in between sweeping up leaves by the cubic metre! www.rivendell.org.uk I'm finding it very hard to place this spider atm, Jake. There is a spider with a small reddish sub-triangular mark near the spinnerets, but the spider is more greenish than blue. I'd love to know what it is. Any chance of a photo, and/or a description/pic of its web? I'll keep my tarsal tips crossed. Hint - It's called "Superspider" (the old costume of course!) Cheers, Jake ================================================== ===== URGling from the less wet end of Swansea Bay in between sweeping up leaves by the cubic metre! www.rivendell.org.uk |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:15:59 +0100, mogga
wrote: On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:49:56 +0100, "Pete C" wrote: "mogga" wrote in message . .. 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? On the allotment this morning I spent some time watching a spider build its web. The radial bit was in place and the spider was going round and out from the centre. It grabbed a radial and pulled it towards itself, attached silk from it's rear then moved on. Fascinating. I often sit and watch the bees going round the French Marigolds. Ain't nature great?! Pete C It is. I love watching bugs. I prefer it when I can snap spiders web easily though. You might like this little video I came across http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...78&FORM=VIRE5# Cheers, Jake ================================================== ===== URGling from the less wet end of Swansea Bay in between sweeping up leaves by the cubic metre! www.rivendell.org.uk |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
"Jake" Nospam@invalid wrote in message ... On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:05:11 +0100, mogga wrote: I've noticed round here they have blue chest bits and the big bulging backends have little red triangles on them front and back! They're big enough to be clearly visible from about 50 feet away. Cheers, Jake Google for 'black widow spider'. :-) R. |
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On 30/09/2011 10:41, Jake wrote:
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:24:19 +0100, wrote: On 29/09/2011 19:12, Jake wrote: On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:05:11 +0100, 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? Picture this! Retractable clothes line. Did some washing yesterday evening. Pulled line out of reel and attached to hook at other end of path. Hung washing and left it out overnight to get an early drying start. By this morning the spiders had started to get at it. I don't know whence they came! I've noticed round here they have blue chest bits and the big bulging backends have little red triangles on them front and back! They're big enough to be clearly visible from about 50 feet away. Cheers, Jake ================================================== ===== URGling from the less wet end of Swansea Bay in between sweeping up leaves by the cubic metre! www.rivendell.org.uk I'm finding it very hard to place this spider atm, Jake. There is a spider with a small reddish sub-triangular mark near the spinnerets, but the spider is more greenish than blue. I'd love to know what it is. Any chance of a photo, and/or a description/pic of its web? I'll keep my tarsal tips crossed. Hint - It's called "Superspider" (the old costume of course!) Cheers, Jake ================================================== ===== URGling from the less wet end of Swansea Bay in between sweeping up leaves by the cubic metre! www.rivendell.org.uk Can't have been, Jake. I was no where near your garden, neither do I have a big bulging backend ;~)! Having thought about it overnight, your spider may have been Theridion pictum. It does have overlapping red triangles down its globose abdomen. However, it does not have blue on its chest. Its chest is very glossy, though, could it have reflected blue from something else? -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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Extra strong spiders webs this year?
On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:45:57 +0100, Jake Nospam@invalid wrote:
It is. I love watching bugs. I prefer it when I can snap spiders web easily though. You might like this little video I came across http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...78&FORM=VIRE5# Ewwwwwwwww thanks Jake -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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