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Am I the only one who has so much fun watching spiders?:)

As I reported in March, I have been letting a house spider live in my window for over a year now.  It is very fascinating to watch one spider for so many months. I did not realize how carefully & methodically the house spider keeps her web clean, gently lowering any debris & moving things about.

On May 29, I woke up to about 40 tiny eggs scattered about the egg sac. They were a bit smaller than a grain of salt.  It looked like the mother spider had suspended them in webbing.  A few days later, they were gone & the egg sac had been dropped out of the web.  I was puzzled because I did not see any baby spiders.

Tonight, there are 2 baby spiders tending the web with Mom.  I am not sure where they have been or where the other babies are! 

Interestingly enough, a smaller spider built a web under Bobette’s web a few months ago. He catches all the rejects from the higher web.

Well, back to watching Mom & her babies!