Just… everywhere.

That noise outside? You bet your arse it’s a fox.

That feeling at the back of your neck? A garden spider has definitely set up camp.

  • Evil_ShrubberyEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    … wouldn’t an increase in both (a steady increase, not just a one-season bump) be a positive signal indicating environment’s health/biodiversity?

    Sure, both have other externalities (foxes are smart & are getting integrated in human ecosystems, spider population can be upheld by a single species, like an unbalanced amount of mosquitoes + warming climates increase the survivability of both), but it’s better to have more of them, right?

    • tetris11@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      I’m not sure. I have the feeling that the increase in foxes is to do with their dens being demolished by construction, so now they sleep under cars.

      As for spiders, maybe the same - their woodland homes are destroyed so they take refuge more in gardens?

      • Evil_ShrubberyEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Oh fuck.
        It’s so depressing that it must be true & done by humans.

        … ty for the clarification :'(

        • tetris11@feddit.ukOPEnglish
          31·
          6 months ago

          It might not be! It genuinely could be that they’ve found an abundant food source in the city (our bin men now come only once every 2 weeks instead of every week), and they might be thriving on that.

          • Evil_ShrubberyEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            … that’s a nice thought.

            Imagine integrated nature into cities where humans don’t kill/sterilize everything even at a small cost of human safety.