North Predannack Downs

North Predannack Downs Nature Reserve is the only location in Cornwall that I have visited which inhabits an abundance of spiders. The ground is covered with the Purse-web Spider silken tubes, they create these tubes that lie on the ground like a finger of a glove to catch prey e.g. insects which walk over the web. There seem to be a variety of species of spiders within the Cornish heathland including the Garden Spider and a colony of spiderlings.

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