heavydog

This year, I have seen more spiders than I can ever remember seeing. From the ones in my garden being common garden spiders (which are ENORMOUS) to the ones in the house which have 8 foot long legs and you can’t get a pint glass over!

There have even been spiders in my car and on my desk at work!

It must be something to do with the weather, or there’s a spider conspiracy afoot. Maybe they are communist spy spiders, sent from another country to spy on everyone, reporting back by way of a spider sized satellite phone.

Who knows?

This sucker I found in my garden, he was building his web, but posed elegantly for me when I wanted to take a picture, he is a Araneus diadematus, the Garden Spider.

There are now, now about 8 of these on my patio, ranging from big ones to bloody massive ones wearing Doc Martins.