It’s getting towards that time of year when spiders become more visible, indoors as well as out. I’ve noticed some impressive webs. But not, so far, their occupants. These are older pictures from this time of year, which I never got round to putting online till now.
They’re all common garden spiders, sometimes called cross spiders from markings on the backs of their abdomens. And they’re all female. Like many other spider species, the females are much bigger than the males.