The arachnid season continues
It’s a mild, damp night, and I made my usual after-dark tour of the garden with the camera-mounted lamp (my neighbours think I’m crazy – they’re probably right). There were more woodlice than I’ve ever seen, in all sizes, up walls, fences and trees; a few snails, a couple more harvestmen, two or three earwigs, a centipede – too quick to get a photo but I’ll try again later – and all the spiders that had presumably gone into hiding during the cold snap. Here are the ones I liked best:
A crevice spider living up to its name, hiding in a crevice
A big hairy house spider
A velvety grey spider. Is there a mole spider?
and a garden spider, huge with eggs
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6 November 2008 at 13:20
I don’t believe this, you have so many different spiders in your backyard…my god Bramble…
The last shot is my pick in this series
6 November 2008 at 17:53
Thanks, Thomas. Guess I’m just lucky – it’s a pretty small backyard – though I think this is a particularly good spider season! I like the last one, though she won’t live much longer (garden spiders die after they’ve laid their eggs, leaving the eggs to hatch in the spring).
Bob
15 February 2009 at 20:26
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