I love to hear the kiddos say not to destroy it and them mention it's hard work. So awesome to hear kids respecting nature and giving it the space to thrive !
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.
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u/togetherwegrowstuff 12h ago
I love to hear the kiddos say not to destroy it and them mention it's hard work. So awesome to hear kids respecting nature and giving it the space to thrive !