Spiders and Larvae

Simone_in_Wiltshire

Hello Gardeners

I hope you had a good weekend as we had in the South West. We had nice sunshine this morning and I took my camera to make some close ups.
I don't know about your garden, but I see definitely in my garden some tiny insects which I hadn't noticed before.
For days now, I observe this net of spider youngsters. They form to a ball over night, and start to have a walk once the sun is out. I don't know the name and I do hope it's not some nasty type but just the early stage of a common garden spider. I checked the internet but as usual, so many types again, https://duckduckgo.com/?q=common+garden+spiders+UK, and I can't get my image better. These spider youngsters are tiny, just 2mm, I would say, and are yellow sith a black bottom - if that makes sense.



Since last year, I try to keep record what turns up in my garden, and I'm sure if's a very common ... moth? ... butterfly?



 Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge with me

wild edges

Mullein moth caterpillar. The moth is pretty funky looking too https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/mullein 

pansyface

Yes, those baby garden spiders always make me smile.🙂

Sheps

I'd say baby Garden Spiders and a Mullein Moth caterpillar.

Alan Clark2 in Liverpool

They are Garden Spiders, Araneus diadematus,  they will disperse in a day or two.

Simone_in_Wiltshire

Wonderful. Thank you all so much. Knowing what I have in the garden allows me to have a note in my blog. 

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Simone_in_Wiltshire

@pansyface. They look really amazing. It’s the first time that I see them in that stage. 

Simone_in_Wiltshire

@wild edges and @Sheps, the other day, I was cleaning the front door from all the webs, and I had to look twice to identify what looked like a dusty bundle of spider webs as a moth. I believe it was the adult version of the mullein moth.