Late summer is a good time to look for spiders and there are some real gems to be found. Even arachnaphobes would surely have to agree that some spiders a really beautiful and, of course, quite harmless (to human beings of course, not insects!).
This colourful specimen is the Orb-web Spider, a close relative of the common Garden Spider. Its striking colour looks like a large berry or fruit which must add to the deception that attracts the unwary fly or moth in to its wonderfully detailed, but lethal, web.
This spider is quite common on the Purbeck heaths as well as on rough pasture and scrub throughout the south of England.
This colourful specimen is the Orb-web Spider, a close relative of the common Garden Spider. Its striking colour looks like a large berry or fruit which must add to the deception that attracts the unwary fly or moth in to its wonderfully detailed, but lethal, web.
This spider is quite common on the Purbeck heaths as well as on rough pasture and scrub throughout the south of England.
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