We have had a brown orb weaver spider, "Spidey", that has made its web by the back porch light for about 3 weeks now. This little spider has become nightly entertainment as we smoke on the back porch, as we do not smoke inside. We watch it build its web, catch bugs, and even perform web cleanup duties when it takes its web down each night. We waited and worried it might be dying when it went MIA for about three days, however, it turned out to be only molting. Tonight we were determined to watch it start its web building from the start, so we waited and waited. Nothing happened. The reason became apparent when along came another spider. At first we thought we were going to witness the war of the spiders, but it turned out to be much more romantic.
