Do spiders help their young ones weave their way up the difficult , expensive real estate ladder ? This important question has to be asked after observing a pet spider who has appeared in this weird blog in the past in a post about a Little House of Horrors .
Watching a spider in its web is soothing in these mad, pandemic days . It eases one's nerves , makes you relax , ponder the meaning of hanging about . You are slightly less likely to swear at the PM when he appears on Sky.
However , our spider has become the centre of a puzzling mystery . It vacated the centre of the web, and a much smaller, darker spider ,below, took over centre stage .
Could it be an Airbnb web ? Or could it be a case of a parent stepping aside to let a young , impecunious offspring, into smashed avocado ,get the feeling of owning your own , expensive web ?
Most puzzling. Then the small one disappeared , the web was vacant for a few days - and a larger spider , with a plump body, moved in , not the original occupant .
