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.
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2025
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... 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?
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?
Oh fuck.
It's so depressing that it must be true & done by humans.
... ty for the clarification :'(
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.
... 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.