discussion Slow worm

[Guest]

They just find the warmest place they can (why you see so many indoors during winter) and hold up untill the warmer weather comes in. They can take a mild frost without any problems as they dont have internal organs that work like ours, most of the internals of a spider is basically hydraulics and valves.

They will live on the reserves they stored during the warmer months. even small spiders can live for months without a meal if they have access to a little water occasionally.

 

[Dave W]

Ive been modelling in my workshop at the bottom of the garden the last few evenings.But i havent seen my old mate Septimus the spider (as i call it).No doubt its found some where warmer for the winter.When i was a kid i was scared of them like my mum .As the Pink Floyd song goes 'Mother will put all her fears into you'. But now i have more respect for life in all its forms.Besides,The spiders keep my daughter out of my workshop so they are now my friends!.

 

[Andy2035]

Thank you yet again Sir, I fed one this morning that I've just found (outside of course), he was a lot bigger than I thought too...