The garden spider received the name not accidentally. The fact is that on its back there are light spots which are located in such a way that draw in detail well noticeable cross. Besides, places in which he lives are accompanied by a certain risk for his life.
Where does the garden spider live?
The ordinary krestovik can be met across the whole Europe. Favourite places of its dwelling are the woods, bushes, gardens. Usually krestovik it is possible to notice at the height about 30-150 cm over the Earth's surface. The garden spider adores crude places in which there is a large number of mosquitoes and flies – favourite food of this being. However such habitats are quite often accompanied by a certain risk for life of a spider.For this reason many krestovik in general live in crowns at height, inaccessible to enemies. They construct to themselves a secluded shelter from leaves, pulling the web between branches. By the way, quite often kolesoobrazny web can be seen under eaves of abandoned architectural buildings and also in window frames of own dwelling. As the web is the integral attribute of activity of a garden spider, his dwelling without it is just impossible.
Strong web – the main attribute of dwelling of a krestovik
In principle, enemies do not doze also at height of wood kroner. In this case to the aid of a krestovik (though not always) its competently weaved web which it is forced to support every day in integrity and safety comes. Because of unruly flies and wasps the lovchy network of a krestovik constantly demands small repair. Besides it collapses small and large insects, animals and even the person (for example, woodcutters and woodcutters). As the fundamental law of survival of a garden spider – the riparian forest and in time the weaved web, and a way of a construction of a web at krestovik rather curious. The substance which is coming out the web warts located on the edge of a paunch of a krestovik stiffens in air and forms threads of surprising and unusual durability. The garden spider attaches the main thread with the topmost point on that place which he chose as the dwelling. Generally it occurs between two branches or trees. When krestovik fixes the first part of "base", it begins to be shaken until grasps the next side branch. As a result the crossbeam turns out. Hardly to pull the top cross thread, the krestovik needs to get over from one tree (or branches) on another, and it is quite unprofitable. If such thread is tense rather hardly, then the spider begins to strengthen it additional short cross threads. As soon as the main extreme threads are tense, a peculiar web frame will appear. After that krestovik moves on it, stretching the cross threads. It is curious that this wonderful builder with a geometrical accuracy counts each step. Krestovik takes crossing of the diagonals for the center of future web and begins to pull radial beams. When also this stage is passed, the garden spider will need only to connect the received threads around.