The warm weather had the insects (Fall Insects) out last weekend which also had the spiders doing what they do.
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From the category archives:
Spiders
The spider consumes the circular interior part of the web and then rebuilds it each morning with fresh new silk.
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The spider occupies the center of the web, usually hanging head-down, waiting for prey to become ensnared in the web. If disturbed by a possible predator, she may drop from the web and hide on the ground nearby. The web normally remains in one location for the entire summer, but spiders can change locations usually [...]
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On average, an orb-weaving spider takes 30 minutes to an hour to weave a web. They range in size from quite large (6+ cm) to very small (<1 cm), but all are quite harmless to humans, beyond the shock entailed from walking into a face-height web and having a large spider dangling from your nose.
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