Over the last month or so I seem to have had an unusually large number of spiders both in the house and outside. They have ranged from the teeniest, weeniest ones right up to the great,great grand-daddy of all spiders that I emptied from a tub in the garden. He WAS big. In fact, I can't remember ever seeing one as big as he was apart from the tarantulas at the zoo!
I'm not that keen on spiders, but I won't kill them. If I come across one inside, I just scoop it up in a glass or other container if I can and release it outside. This is something I have done quite a lot over the last few weeks.
I am not sure how many species of spider we have in the British Isles but I'm sure they have all marched through my house or garden recently.
Some of the spiders at the top of the garden seem to jump rather than run and as there are quite a lot of the same type in one place, I have a suspicion that they came from the bark chippings. Then there are quite a lot of the fat bodied garden spiders and some of them have very pretty markings when you look closely.
Perhaps all of these spiders have been hibernating through the cold winter and have recently woken up with the warmer weather. Whatever the reason for this sudden increase in numbers, I will probably be removing them for a few more weeks yet.
Hi Grandma!
ReplyDeleteSpiders give me the creeps but I don't kill them either. Their webs do come in handy in catching those nasty flying bugs.
Gotta watch those Brown Recluse though. Their bite is extremely venomus and painful. Had one put me in the ER for a few hours one spring, so make sure you wear gloves when working in the garden and those flower pots.
Hi Robin!
ReplyDeleteI don't think we have any venomous spiders here and we only have one venomous snake, the adder. I have been bitten by tiny spiders in the past but it just leaves a tiny itchy red pimple which is gone within an hour.
I do like the 'new look' on your blog too.