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Environment

Web of intrigue

30 July 2014

Âé¶¹´«Ã½. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

This cobweb appeared in a toilet cubicle (see photo). The segmented object to the left is, I assume, a captured insect. There is an opening at the top and a dark shape within that is presumably the spider. Stuck to the web are peculiar whitish lumps that may be eggs. Does anyone know what spider makes this kind of nest?

Charlie Wartnaby, Cambridge, UK

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