Spiders (big ones) like astronomy

[mark81]

There is that old fact about never being more than three feet from a rat... Well, I'm guessing that this must work the same with spiders. Either that or they actually do like Observing.  Every time I go out and have a look about with the scope I always seem to bring in a huge spider.  I guess it could be the same one that is just hankering over taking a peep through the EP.

 So far this week, 2 sessions , 3 spiders... 

If, like me, your not a fan, it does make observing session a little more nerve wracking....

Maybe they just like me...... Yes, I'll go with that...

 

[banjaxed]

You're right, I am convinced that the spider population is growing and have had a web spun across our back gate within 1  1/2 hours.

The other thing I have noticed is the lack of flies, wonder if the two are connected. ??

12 minutes ago, mark81 said:

There is that old fact about never being more than three feet from a rat... Well, I'm guessing that this must work the same with spiders. Either that or they actually do like Observing.  Every time I go out and have a look about with the scope I always seem to bring in a huge spider.  I guess it could be the same one that is just hankering over taking a peep through the EP.

 So far this week, 2 sessions , 3 spiders... 

If, like me, your not a fan, it does make observing session a little more nerve wracking....

Maybe they just like me...... Yes, I'll go with that...

 

 

[paul mc c]

If we are not weird enough looking at night,when I go out to the obsy I runout waving my arms around my head until i get there as I have to go under clothes lines thar are covered with lines of cobwebs stretching to what seems like every part of the garden......scary we things,spiders.

[DaveL59]

ahhh the IR for the CCTV here draws them because of the little bugs that swarm toward them. One of my outdoor cameras has 5 spiders competing for the IR light. Fine in the day but sure messes up the image at night with reflections off the webs and the huge glowing long-legged alien biengs that appear across the image from time to time

[Galen Gilmore]

I love my spiders, they catch the terrible mosquitos that endlessly swarm me!

Except those two that just sit in the web in the corner of the room doing nothing... Completely useless.

[Rob Sellent]

1 hour ago, Galen Gilmore said:

Except those two that just sit in the web in the corner of the room doing nothing... Completely useless.

Perhaps like Charlotte, it's just their way of saying thank you 🙂

 

[MilwaukeeLion]

My last session a little one spun itself right across middle of sct dew shield.  Wasn't taking up much aperture so let it be until packed up.

[tomato]

One got inside my mount flightcase once and filled it with cobwebs. The Arachnid’s way of saying you should use this piece of kit more often.🙄

[Swoop1]

Spiders are good. We get some quite sizeable house spiders. Each one gets christened as 'Boris'. Every house should have a Boris.

[Swoop1]

Just remembered my Shed Boris. I have a chest of drawers just inside the shed door. Every time I go to the shed, Shed Boris runs around looking shocked then hides under the chest of drawers until I leave.

[LukeSkywatcher]

Seen as I'm terrified of house spiders, its safer to be outside. They dont follow me there. All I get outside are bats,rats and cats. The cats take care of the rats and I like bats, so only the Boogy man to worry about. Molly would see him off.  

[LukeSkywatcher]

Now I think about it, Molly would take care of everything (given half the chance).