while out for race training earlier , i mean a ride this morning spotted this in the hedge row, never seen this many webs together before

only camera phone pics so excuse the lack of quality

Normal, but only if you ride in sleepy hollow.

Watch out for Christopher Walken!!

pretty.
this was the one we nearly crashed into whilst going up river in a boat (in French Guiana, so you expect such creepy crawlies)…

main central part was a good meter or so across

It might be there was a big hatch of spiders who have all made a web in the same bush. I bet if you go back next week there will be just one very big spider.

Where was that sofaking?

I think it’s done by a certain type of caterpillar, not a spider.

Theres a great picture on the net somewhere of a bike leant against a tree and both are completely covered in a blanket of white!

milky bar between ketton and finshade woods in lincolnshire

cheers blingbling

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1022495/Pictured-Caterpillars-giant-web-completely-cocoons-10ft-high-bush.html
here we go.
caterpillars it was

Yeah that is normal. There are a few of these that appear once a year in Churchdown (Gloucester) and they attract lots of people to look and take pictures.

I was on lots of tracks between ketton and finshade woods today did not see them will keep my eye out next time.

Got one just up the road from me…will go up a get some pics tomorrow, it’s about 8-10 ft long.

They are not too uncommon around here, Carmarthenshire. Meanwhile however, in Rotterdam…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1188650/Thousands-marauding-caterpillars-trap-car-silky-web.html

milky bar
if you take the old track out the back of ketton( where those pikeys used to be camped up go across the a47 and take the lane down to barrowden, its down that lane on your right

Have them pikeys gone?i did that track but from half way down.

the scrubland at Wasdale Head campsite is often completely covered like that, it makes for some stunning sights when there’s moisture in the air

This one was just outside of Bristol. You can see the wee beasties wriggling around inside it. They have a cool abseiling thing going on!

The one nearby to my place, most of the Caterpillars are now deep with in the hedge eating, it’s most likely they’re ermine yponomeuta.
Also within the mass of silken weave i found a few small spider nurseries with lots of baby garden spiders crawling about.

Spotted these between Fizor and Settle.

Never seen anything like them before.

seen something very simular in west sussex the other day? spooky.

if we are on about the same track they’ve been gone a long while

I’m thinking it’s caterpillars but if sofaking is never heard of again…

tries again

what about this one