European garden spider (newly hatched spiderlings)

Thank you Lauren & Jemma!

Beautiful babies!

Congratulations on the birth of these spiderlings.
Happy Birthday to all the millions of newly born orb weavers.Keep us informed on how they disperse etc.!!
I am observing two spiderlings on the web. They have already become skilled hunters, Seem to be growing slowly though. I never saw their siblings.
Too many phoebes in my garden......

Thanks Harsha!

Wow! So many! Lucky to have seen them Karen. :)

U seen it from eyes, i m just seeing the pic..you are right Karen :)

The whole ball is only about half an inch across Adarsha & looks like a seed head at first glance.

At once, it looked like beehive :)

Thanks Alice!

Wonderful!

Thanks Dez!

Wow wow wow! I love this!

I squealed with delight each time I found one of these balls this morning Aaron! The other 4 had all started to disperse - just one brave little guy had begun to venture away from this one!

Haha...men and their 'tidy' gardens ;-)

I very nearly squealed with delight upon seeing this spotting! :-D

My husband recently enquired why there was an enormous "weed" in the middle of the flower bed - it was a 5' tall thistle of some kind. I told him, that it was a native wildflower & that the butterflies loved it - he didn't look too convinced but it remained until it finally blew over!

I tried to let mine grow a bit wilder and left everything in for the bees and butterflies etc then my Dad came round round whilst I was at work and thought he would 'help me out' by tidying up my flower bed and taking out all the 'weeds' :-(

My parent's garden is a little unkempt & overgrown - a perfect environment for spiders Debbie!

Great photo Karen, must be a great garden to have 5 of them in!

Thanks Mauna! There are garden spiders of all sizes everywhere I look in my parents' garden - it's awesome to see so many!

Great spotting, Karen!