Oh - yes - they look lovely then.
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Iâm the handsome oneâŠ
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I took this in a neighbourâs garden. No spider though.
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That is really pretty!
Yes I really like that! Even the gaps of broken strands are interesting 
Fascinating 
I like spiders but in July every year the âspindly spidersâ arrive in some parts of the UK, they do like to spin fine webs in every corner including in the shower and are very annoying.
I am sure you are, but you have to take 3rd place because Max & the spider already have taken 1st & 2nd place! 
Ah, the beast. Yes, he is photogenic I suppose and I canât fault him for that.
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I thought females had that band, white, orange or mottled, around the top of their body & the males were mottled all over it, but looking them up there can be all sorts of markings on their bodies, males & females or even just black.
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Just put things away in the garage and she is nowhere in sight now - which is good because I could pinch a small piece of her web to put on a cut finger!
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WaitâŠwhat??? Câmon nowâŠWHAT??
When spiders spin webs - it is not to kill their prey but to keep them fresh. Their silk has antifungal and antiseptic properties which, if applied to a wound, will keep bacteria out and help the wound to heal. It does need to be a fresh web though - not a dusty cobweb. Saved me from having to change footwear to come indoors looking for plasters!
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WowâŠthe things you learn here, itâs amazing! I always thought webs were for storing insects for laterâŠwhich if you think about it,(which I tend not to do since webs are just ugh) does keep them fresh.
Still not a spider fan, but I do have a bit more admiration for them!
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The web substance also behaves like blood that has begun to clot and begins a clotting process, itself. Handy to have around, maybe, butâŠusually, if itâs got more than 6 legs and doesnât fly, and comes near me, itâs dead.
These creatures taste with their feet, so anything bitter, such as vinegar or lemon-type cleaner? They wonât cross. The most deadly to them, apart from mobile house bricks, is WD40. Put a spider in a ring of that, on soil or on concrete and itâs probably there forever. Itâs like liquid fire to them. (I know you wouldnât do that, though!)
Also worth knowing is that spiders most frequently bite ONLY TO HOLD ON, if you start to move.
A well aimed bite from non-venomous spiders can still cause you enough infection to guarantee that youâll come back from the hospital without, for example, a leg, part of your face and at least one ear. If in doubt, take 'em out!
Good grief, why did I click thisâŠ
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How very unkind!
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British spiders are pretty much as safe as you can get .
We had an exotics shop for a few years and some of the tarantula species are amazing⊠and seriously fast as well ad venomous.
I donât have any pictures of the spiders but this puppy stung me a few times and it wasnât too pleasant lol
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