My New Friend: Big Red

We have a nightly visitor, a friend who contributes to the well-being of the house. He's our buddy, Big Red.

Big Red sets up each evening on our back porch. At first I was scared of him. He is rather large and dangerous looking and probably hairy. I shiver.

But, as I let him stay, his webs have gotten larger and he's moved them away from the back door so that I no longer have to immediately duck to face planting in the web (and possibly getting an angry spider in my big, bushy hair).

I have never actually witnessed him setting up shop for the night but when I come out in the evenings, his web is perfect but as the night moves along, he gets these snags in the webbing. I am hoping this means he caught some dinner.