Waiting for dinner
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Waiting for dinner
Image: © Doug Lee Taken: 22 Sep 2012
In September and early October just about every likely area - and several unlikely ones - are covered in cobwebs at the centre of which, as here, are female cross or garden spiders (Araneus diadematus). Whilst the centre of the webs are mostly between 30cm and 50cm in size, I've come across single stand anchors more than two metres long. Spiders of various sorts do seem to be unusually prolific in this area with Image indicative of an earlier stage in the lifecycle.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.353413
Longitude
-2.120576