A spider spins its intricate web in order to try and catch its prey, the silk like substance called proteinaceous spider silk, comes from the spinnerets of the spider. For over a million years spiders have been spinning their webs in which they will trap their unfortunate prey. Usually one spider will construct its own web for its own benefit but sometimes groups of them will come together to construct one massive web or several smaller ones joined together.
A spider’s web is like the internet web, clever, intricate and built by one or several people who specialise in web design in Gloucester, Cheltenham and all over the Country. They weave together and build specialist web sites that can literally tell you anything you want to know. More amazing than they appear at first glance a spider’s web is incredibly strong, pliable, quickly and efficiently made and beautiful in its artistic creativity.
There are several different types of spider that exist happily along side us in the United Kingdom, the common House Spider, the Garden Spider, the Orb-web Spider, the Daddy Long Legs and the False Widow Spider. Every Spider has eight legs, breathes air, has chelicerae with fangs that can inject its prey with venom and spinnerets that excrete silk. Adapting to their habit and managing to thrive all around the World, apart from Antarctica, spiders are hardy and resilient creatures that will live and breed for a long time to come.
Common spiders found in and around UK homes
Several species turn up in British homes, especially in autumn. The missing sector orb web spider is small, pale and harmless, and is named after its web, which has one full section missing. The daddy long legs spider hangs in ceiling corners and its bite causes at most a mild, brief burning feeling. The giant house spider can measure up to 120mm and is often found in baths, sheds, attics and garages from September as it hunts for a mate, though it is not aggressive.
The lace web spider lives on fences and outside walls and comes indoors in autumn. It is brown with yellow markings and its bite can be painful, with swelling for around 12 hours. The false widow, dark brown with a bulbous abdomen, is the most venomous spider in the UK, yet bites are rare and there are no reported UK deaths. The cardinal spider, the largest UK species, is said to take its name from Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who was supposedly terrified by one at Hampton Court.