Have you ever paused in awe at a glistening spider web stretched between branches after a morning rain? There’s something magical about these delicate, silvery threads catching the light ...

When an orb web becomes badly damaged, or loses its stickiness because of the effects of wind and rain, the spider rolls the threads into a ball and eats them to recycle the silk components. This ...

The slightly sticky silky strands have fascinated Hawke’s Bay residents since they began appearing overnight on a chilly ...

Season: all year round. Usually found outdoors on walls, fencing and clutter around the garden, but most common in homes in autumn when males leave their webs to search for female spiders. Also common ...

And wherever we find them, they reflect the magic of water: a spider web drooping with dew like a rhinestone necklace. A rain-colored heron rising from the creek bank. One astonishing morning ...