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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 18408" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Hi everybody. It's just past midnight - Friday's already here for us. I've finally got the computer back after easy child 2/difficult child 2 got dragged off it by boyfriend, to get her to bed (to sleep!) because it's another early start for them at work. But I can't stay long, I need my sleep too.</p><p></p><p>You're all still struggling with the cold and snow, but spring has got to be on the way soon for you. Although it's still very summery here, I'm seeing the earliest signs of autumn - spiders. The large garden orb weavers are busy and we have to take a big stick out at night ( I HATE walking into webs) because they often spin these huge, 3 metre diameter webs, right across the path. mother in law hates spiders. We've got a few different kinds of outdoor big spider, but the orb weavers are amazing. They're black and gold striped with fat bellies, like football supporters. They sit in the centre of their webs (which always seems to be the bit I walk into, thus getting an annoyed orb weaver in my face; thankfully, I've never been bitten). In the mornings we can see by the holes in the web how successful they've been the night before. But something I've noticed - the webs of some of them look as if they've been spun from gold thread. They're a beautiful golden colour and they actually sparkle.</p><p></p><p>But the orb weavers always get busy in autumn. it's hunting time and mating time, time to store up food and leave egg cases lying around over winter.</p><p></p><p>We also have St Andrews Cross spiders busy with their webs - they sit in the centre of a white, slightly squiggly diagonal cross in the middle of their web. The spider even holds its 8 legs together in pairs, to fit in the cross shape and so be camouflaged. They're a daytime hunter, unlike the orb weavers which are night feeders. But ALL of them will wake up when you walk into a web! Late summer and autumn are the times we leave a long stick by the door, so we can wave it around as we walk, to avoid walking into a web.</p><p></p><p>So if we've got spiders - your cold weather should be easing soon.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Thursday.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 18408, member: 1991"] Hi everybody. It's just past midnight - Friday's already here for us. I've finally got the computer back after easy child 2/difficult child 2 got dragged off it by boyfriend, to get her to bed (to sleep!) because it's another early start for them at work. But I can't stay long, I need my sleep too. You're all still struggling with the cold and snow, but spring has got to be on the way soon for you. Although it's still very summery here, I'm seeing the earliest signs of autumn - spiders. The large garden orb weavers are busy and we have to take a big stick out at night ( I HATE walking into webs) because they often spin these huge, 3 metre diameter webs, right across the path. mother in law hates spiders. We've got a few different kinds of outdoor big spider, but the orb weavers are amazing. They're black and gold striped with fat bellies, like football supporters. They sit in the centre of their webs (which always seems to be the bit I walk into, thus getting an annoyed orb weaver in my face; thankfully, I've never been bitten). In the mornings we can see by the holes in the web how successful they've been the night before. But something I've noticed - the webs of some of them look as if they've been spun from gold thread. They're a beautiful golden colour and they actually sparkle. But the orb weavers always get busy in autumn. it's hunting time and mating time, time to store up food and leave egg cases lying around over winter. We also have St Andrews Cross spiders busy with their webs - they sit in the centre of a white, slightly squiggly diagonal cross in the middle of their web. The spider even holds its 8 legs together in pairs, to fit in the cross shape and so be camouflaged. They're a daytime hunter, unlike the orb weavers which are night feeders. But ALL of them will wake up when you walk into a web! Late summer and autumn are the times we leave a long stick by the door, so we can wave it around as we walk, to avoid walking into a web. So if we've got spiders - your cold weather should be easing soon. Enjoy your Thursday. Marg [/QUOTE]
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