Spiders!

It's fall in the great Puget Sound Region, which means nice days and less-crunchy grass...and spiders. Lots of 'em. They were partying indoors, then they decided there might be more food and less of the vacuum cleaner outdoors. An industrious guy built a kind of small web on the kitchen window, and caught two big bugs right away. One was a lacewing, a beneficial bug that was probably going to eat the APHIDS ON MY ROSES, but oh well. This has made the spider smug; he quickly went to work on enlarging his web, and between yesterday morning and evening he created a ginormous circular web that covers half the window. He has yet to catch anything, though. I think even the dumbest bug could see that.

Meanwhile, the spider outside my office window is still at it, on week three. I questioned why he chose a third-floor window with no shelter from the wind or lights to attract bugs - he didn't answer - but I see he caught something a few days ago. How long do spiders live? How long will he be there? Will a bird get him? Will he die and then just fall off? Do I have to witness this?