A small cobweb covered in small moving bright yellow spots caught my attention on the last day of May in the garden. Closer examination showed the spots to be newly hatched spiders.
The web could only have been 2 inches across. This shows about half of the brood.
Each one was less than half the size of an ant
I have no idea what species of spider it was, and I will keep a look out for them when they are bigger.
I suspect that the colour will change as they get larger, the yellow and black being a warning to predators when they are so small.
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