Weaver update! I managed to get some pics of her in the middle of her new web! Unfortunately I wasn’t able to watch her weave it; I was a bit busy with a software repair task lol.
Image description: An orb weaver, photographed from a respectful distance, so the fine details are unfortunately pixelated. The overall shape is like an oval, with a sunlit outline.
Image description: An wide photo of the new web, constructed by the orb weaver. It already has prey scattered within it. The inner core is not visible in sunlight, but the outer band shines with a complex arrangement of lines. This web is overall more orderly than the previous one, assembled from small rectangles. From a 1 o’clock to 2 o’clock angle, the web has a lot more chaotic gaps and crossing lines. At the 8 o’clock angle, about halfway between the center and outer edge, that same dense, tangled spot of web can be seen, just like the one in the previous web, which appears to be a kind of signature for this spider.