A very special spider web - 1 - please view large

My next door neighbour's garden is not only full of beautiful flowers and plants, but every now and then allows us to admire true natural wonders.

Last weekend she told me she had something spectacular on her house wall. Something that had been there for quite a few weeks, had been getting bigger, but she had forgotten to tell me about it.

I was curious, grabbed my camera and went over there to see it. And I could hardly believe it!

Hanging along the house wall there was a conelike spider's web, about 1 meter tall and maybe 30 cm wide or more at the base. But what really impressed me was not the size. What I found amazing was the complexity of it all, starting with the fine work of the bottom-"net", then the long solid structure in the centre, the nest I presume, and also miniature webs, here and there, all the way to the top.

My neighbour has stopped using the narrow path along the front of the house, as the web is fixed to plants she has in pots and in the garden.

I had never seen anything like it. And when I got a glimpse of the spider, I was surprised it was such a small thing!

I have searched a little bit to try and identify it, without result. Maybe there's someone out there who knows this kind of incredible weaver!

I will post a few - not very good - images of the "Filigree Condo" .

Done