We have plenty of these spiders in the garden – the Cross Spider, or common garden spider. They weave the most spectacular orb webs. This one is particularly well fed, with a large, rounded abdomen. As you can see, this one is feeding on an insect, previously caught in the web.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThis is what I love about the spider, during the morning they take the web out so other animals didn’t notice the trap then when the sunset is near they weave again, fast and quick to catch some food. They are very clever at making traps to get food.
These ones keep their webs there all the time Lotchie. They sometimes get damaged by the wind or by other animals, and the spiders get to work on them straight away, industriously rebuilding ?
I love the industriousness of the spider. No matter how many times their house was damaged they keep on rebuilding it again and again.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleWhen you think about it, it’s a very strange and fascinating world we live in. The idea of making webs to catch their food is an incredibly complex thing for a little insect. How did evolution lead to that detail? Again, great photo, Carrie.
Thank you Christer. I suppose it’s not a great deal different to the discoveries humans made to make their life easier. Once upon a time, I guess discovering how to make fire, how much easier it is to move things with wheels, and that it’s easier to catch fish with a net than with a spear would have appeared just as miraculous to someone with a superior intelligence, if they existed back… Read more »
I think the point Christer is trying to make Carrie, is that nature has this inner evolutionary wisdom, as opposed to human intelligence. Nature leaves us so many unanswered questions. Mmmmmm! Still don’t much like spiders Carrie!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI think, at some point, even humans must have had some evolutionary wisdom. It’s a pity we seem to have lost that to, allegedly, superior intelligence. I’m glad there are still so many unanswered questions. Life wouldn’t be anywhere near as interesting if we didn’t still have things to learn. What is it about spiders that you don’t like, Eric?
On a lighter note Carrie, does your husband say to you – oh no, not another Spiderman film!!!
?? He prefers the dog ones.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleYou have such a great knowledge on the spider, I had no idea about any of these facts. The picture is amazing. I love the patterns on the spider’s body.
Thanks Daisy. It just amazes me how many hairs you can get on something so tiny.
They are amazing creatures.
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