Ah, get them off me!

Having spent more time rummaging through woods these last couple of weeks I am discovering the wondrous joys of walking through cobwebs very regularly.  Now, I have realised that if am to get on in this industry I am going need to man up a bit, grow a pair, and stop squealing like a 5 year old girl when those sticky wispy webs waft across my face!  So that's my challenge, though I dont think I am ever going to develop an amicable relationship with spiders, no sir.  Look how creepy looking they are!

Garden Spider Araneus diadematus

This is England's common Garden Spider, also sometimes known as the cross spider due to the holy white cross on the abdomen (photographed at Tyland Barn).  This species spin orb webs which are apparently the most advanced webs.  I just ripped this info off the RSPB website but orb webs are built by laying spirals of silk around radial threads and the spider sits in the middle awaiting prey.

I just discovered that baby spiders are called spiderlings, that actually makes them slightly less despicable I think.