Newly Hatched Spiderlings

Harold Smith · #1 (**permalink**) 22-09-2009, 01:43 PM

These spiders hatched in the top of my wheely bin. Can anyone identify them for me please?

Harold.

Hedera · #2 (**permalink**) 22-09-2009, 03:10 PM

Araneus diademata - garden spider. I got an almost identical picture of a hatching on my wheelie bin! They are now all over the garden with webs across the paths.

Harold Smith · #3 (**permalink**) 22-09-2009, 06:52 PM

Thanks Hedera.

I also have lots of Garden Spiders in my garden. One keeps making a web across the inside of my greenhouse door that I walk into whenever I open the door. The web is always at head height. Ugh!

Two have taken over my kitchen window and it is fascinating watching them dispatch insects, mainly flies, that get trapped in the web. By the end of the day the webs are pretty scruffy, however, each morning there are brand new prestine webs ready and waiting for the next days prey.

Regards,

Harold.