Watching Spiders
/Love them or hate them no one can deny that they are a talking point and with 650 species in the UK they are hard to avoid! Why is it they seem to be out in force in the Autumn? The answer is mating season! The female spider will stay in her summer web and can often be seen in the middle while the web is glistening with raindrops or dew caught by the Autumn sunshine. The males can be found scuttling about in search of a partner. I will save you from all the gory details of a Spider’s mating habits. All I will say is the male usually stays in the female’s web until winter when he dies – unless she decide to eat him first!
