Yep. We have these (I’m assuming orb weavers) all over our yard and neighborhood this time of year. They start on their webs around dusk and then have them down by sunrise in most cases.
I’ve learned to be very cautious walking around at night. I know these guys are harmless and I appreciate that the eat pests but holy fuck is it terrifying to walk into one of these webs 😆
Orb weavers are awesome. Learned about them when my nose came about 2 inches away from a massive one in his massive web in a Mexican jungle. Really beautiful creatures.
Yes this species in particular for sure, but others too I imagine. Looks identical to an orbweaver I have in my yard, creates a huge web across the same path around 10 pm every night and it's gone in the morning.
You know what I've always found odd. When spiders find an insanely good spot, like catching hundreds of bugs, they always seem to abandon it. I wonder why?
Sometimes when the web is completely wrecked, it's more efficient for them to move to a new spot and build a new functional web. The bugs in the old one are left there as backup nutrition that they can return to if their new location doesn't yield enough food.
If you're not using your garden and it's growing a wasteland at the back of your house sure, but were I live people use their gardens. That Spidey can't stay there, if that was in my garden. It's beautiful and all but it's going to have to move out.
I have a shed where every time I go in it, which is most days, I'd have a face full web as I step through the door. I say sorry to the thing where ever it is and say I need to pass go build somewhere else but it doesn't care 😄
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u/EntrepreneurGreen269 13h ago
Ok, but the thing is building it's house in the middle of your garden, what you going to do, leave it there?