Spiders rampant

by wighteye

Having heard that it was a good year for Spiders, Wighteye decided to have a look in our own tiny courtyard garden. Plenty of webs to be seen, hidden in corners and stretching across from rotary drier to gate, fence to bird feeders. Most specimens were the humble garden spider, but one more exotic and beautiful specimen was located. It’s a wasp spider, originally from the continent and now to be found in Southern England; known for it’s aggressive behaviour, it also builds it’s web with a zigzag stabilising system. I had wondered why the birds had stopped visiting the feeder! However, that could be due to the arrival of personal trainer Sandy about whom more another time.