In Britain spiders can be found all year round, but the majority of species reach maturity in the autumn. This is why more of the eight-legged critters are out and about from September onwards. It's the falling temperatures that drive the spiders indoors, as they're seeking warmth. Once inside the females invariably stay put - hunkering down for the winter under the floorboards or inside a cupboard. Eager to find a mating partner, though, the males become particularly active - and it's these you'll often see scuttling about the house, on the trail of a female's scent.
Oh no, that time of the year again! Thanks for the info. Maybe if I make a trail of female spider pheromones leading back outside? Nice shot. Scary though...
yeah, speedy Steve comes out and does laps of the study around 9pm every night! We just put our feet up and leave him to it! We had the same last year, though I doubt it was the same Steve! We have a family of tiny jumping spiders too, I always find them on the sofas so they must have a nest somewhere close and there's was a nest of zebra spiders outside my bedroom window over the summer, so they kept appearing in the bedroom! I love the variety found just in one house! This is a fantastic close up.
Oh noooooooo! Can hardly bear to look at him. Husband is always summoned to deal with spiders, plus glass and piece of cardboard and exit the house!! Great shot.
Scary, but not as scary as the Spiders here in Oz, particularly where I live, with red backs and funnel webs in the garden and the surrounding bush where I live. Great close up!
October 18th, 2014
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