I collected my orb weavers from the bridge off the high street on the way to the campus (the “where are you going?” bridge to anyone in the Lincoln area).

The spiders were collected between 11pm on the 11th December and 12am on the 12th December after much panic that there would be none left – the species often die out in November due to the cold weather.

The spiders were moved to Minster House in the morning (safe to say my housemates weren’t to happy about their overnight stay) and this is where they will remain for the duration of my research. Sadly there was a mutiny in the night and one unfortunate spider didn’t make it!