Just woke up to our first heavy dew for the year. (It's Autumn in Australia) All the trees and shrubs are hung with spangled cobwebs. Some have tiny leaf-curling spiders lurking in the centre. There are some webs the size of old American silver dollars. (Our dollar coins are gold and rather smaller). The webs of the leaf curlers are much bigger. Some reach from tree to tree and small birds fly through, leaving them a bit tattered. The owners won't repair them until nightfall when it's safer to be exposed. The curled, dead leaf in the very centre of each web is of no interest to insect-eating birds, they are all fooled by the disguise.
Soon we'll see the hatching of millions of tiny spiderlings. Some of them, each holding a fragile-looking web, will launch themselves into the wind. Then we'll wake up to the sight of angel hair streaming from every fence, tree and bush. Even the paddocks will be covered with it. Joy