Garden Orb-Web spider

Hi all

I have not got any orb spiders in my garden this year, normal have lots of them any one else noticed the lack of them as well or is it just where I live ?

Spruce

 

We had one in the greenhouse the other day.....If this is one.

 

Thats the one , and I dont have any
Unless the birds have had them , its like a robin and Jenny Wren festival at the moment

Thanks Roders great photo

Spruce

 

We have hundreds around our garden and i aint joking, we also have lots of false widows too, which aren't nice little beasties and definately arent easy to get rid of!

 

Seen quite a few here too.

 

Is this an Orb-Web? I discovered it when I was took our fountain apart to store for winter.

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I've had LOADS in our garden over the last few weeks; they've been having a right old feast on the daddy long legs (which we also had in plaque like numbers).....

 

That's a house spider Dave.
http://www.uksafari.com/housespiders.htm

 

Got a fair few of them kicking about.

 

Yes I had one of those crawling up the bedroom curtain as I lay in bed watching tv , I went to get a glass and it had gone under the bed and I coudnt find it

Spruce

 

They are fast. And big. I don't mind if they're outside but I DON'T like seeing one in the house!!

 

CRINGE,ive got lots in the garden

 

When I had the dogs I trained them to catch house spiders, as a reward they would get a biscuit , one afternoon I heard scratching in the dinning room and found "April" one of my rescue Golden cocker spaniels jumping up the wall and in the process tearing off all the wall paper , two inches out of her reach a huge house spider just sitting on the wall. I coudnt shout at her as I had trained her and the others to do just that.

With a quick nudge she had two rewards


Spruce