what spider are these spiderlings?
hello bugpeople!
today in my garden i noticed a cluster of spiderlings. theyre all yellow and i havent counted them! attach two images so hope they come out ok. i live in morden, surrey united kingdom. would be interesting to know what species they are. havent seen mummy spider either. i detest spiders but these guys are cute so i’ll leave them be and keep a watchful eye on them to see how they progress.
cheers
Gemma
p.s. would be great if you could inform me when they have been identified via email and i dont visit whats that bug on a daily basis.
Hi Gemma,
Though we can’t imagine why you don’t visit our site on a daily basis, we generally respond directly to the querant as well as posting a reply. We can only post the most interesting letters with the best images, or the most unusual specimens. We believe these are young Orb Weavers, though we cannot even begin to give you an exact species. Possibly Cross Spiders. They probably dispersed by ballooning shortly after you took the photo.