As I move round my wilderness of a garden I keep getting entangled with the webs of the Garden Spider, Araneus diadematus. Easily recognised by the white abdominal cross, which gives it its alternative name of Cross Spider., several of them are now building enormous webs and catching their winter food supplies. One has obliginly spun its web in front of the lounge window which makes observation of its activities easy.
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| Garden Spider. Photo. John Elliott |
Usual prey items are small insects, but one individual has greater ambitions and is busy entombing a Large White butterfly.
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| Garden Spider and Large White. Photo. John Elliott. |
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