We went shopping (again!) the other day, parked in the shaded parking outside the shopping centre. Looking up, we saw about 10 of these guys in the area above and next to the bay we were parked in.
The back end of this one was about the size of my thumb, and the legs would have easily spanned a side-plate. Not the kind of thing you want to have 3 feet above your head when you get in and out of your car. Might be completely harmless, but we didn't stick around to find out :)
And then the other morning, heading towards the bus stop, we came across these spider webs in the trees and bushes next to the footpath. You can't really tell the size from the photos, but they're about as big as your head (hint - click on the photos for the bigger pix, the small ones that blogger uses don't show them up too well). Not sure where the spiders are tho. Personally I'd rather see them in the web than see an empty web...
We're not sure if they're up there all the time, we'd not seen them before, but that particular morning there was a lot of mist about, which had actually condensed on them, making them more visible.
We've been told that spiders aren't as active in winter, which is apparently why we haven't seen to many of them yet. We've seen the odd dinky one running across the floor or hiding in a corner of the ceiling, and I'm just hoping they don't get any bigger than that where we are!
The back end of this one was about the size of my thumb, and the legs would have easily spanned a side-plate. Not the kind of thing you want to have 3 feet above your head when you get in and out of your car. Might be completely harmless, but we didn't stick around to find out :)
And then the other morning, heading towards the bus stop, we came across these spider webs in the trees and bushes next to the footpath. You can't really tell the size from the photos, but they're about as big as your head (hint - click on the photos for the bigger pix, the small ones that blogger uses don't show them up too well). Not sure where the spiders are tho. Personally I'd rather see them in the web than see an empty web...
We're not sure if they're up there all the time, we'd not seen them before, but that particular morning there was a lot of mist about, which had actually condensed on them, making them more visible.
We've been told that spiders aren't as active in winter, which is apparently why we haven't seen to many of them yet. We've seen the odd dinky one running across the floor or hiding in a corner of the ceiling, and I'm just hoping they don't get any bigger than that where we are!
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