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Spiders

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in Wildlife gardening
A few  of these spiders have been living on the outside of our window  frames for  a few years  I suppose I  could have shifted them  but I haven't.  There are cocoons as well. I don't  know if it's  a nursery or a larder . Can anyone identify  our lodgers?

Not a great picture  I'll  try to do better  if necessary. 
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    If the web is a nice round shape then they will be orb weavers of some kind. It's usually orb weavers in the corner of windows. If you look at the web it will have spokes like a wheel with concentric rings between but if a couple of the 'spokes' don't have any rings between them then you can tell the exact species because only the Missing Sector Spider does this. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/identify-nature/spiders-in-your-home/missing-sector-orb-web-spider.html
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited May 2023
    Yes. I noticed a web like that this morning but it was destroyed when the spider tried to capture a shield bug . Thank you @wild edges.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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