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B3B3 Posts: 27,489
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You know this brown spotty spiders that you see a lot of this time of year. I was wondering how they manage to span such large distances when they make their web. Do they run along the ground or do they swing or jump or wait for a gust of wind or what?

In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140

    I think initially they suspend themselves on a thread of silk and wait for a breeze to take them where they want to go, then build on that.

    Some brilliant videos here http://www.arkive.org/garden-spider/araneus-diadematus/videos.html

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    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,489

    Thanks D followed the link. It's fascinating isn't it? Now I'm wondering how they get the measurements right!

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140

    Think they get a lot of help from this little chap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXi3bjKowJU 

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    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,489

    Haven't seen that since I was in primary schoolimage

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140

    I've always been a huge Danny Kaye fan image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Lou12Lou12 Posts: 1,149

    I am terrified of spiders but don't seem to mind the garden ones, they are like little fat old ladies, I can imagine them having knitting circles image

     

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,489

    I'm not terrified, but I certainly prefer them to be outside

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

     

    Lou12 wrote (see)

    I am terrified of spiders but don't seem to mind the garden ones, they are like little fat old ladies, I can imagine them having knitting circles image

     

    They do look like that - or at least this one did!   image

    http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w595/fairygirl55/DSCF0862_zpsqcapcqmy.jpg

     

    B3 - but indoors, they hide in the chalice from the palace ...image

    Can't beat the Court Jester image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,489

    It might be in the pellet with the poison or the vessel with the pestle, thoughimage

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543

    I had one of these build a web across my front door and I walked into it.The poor spider ended up in my cleavage!!

    Good job I'm not afraid of spiders!!!

    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
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