Do spiders reuse other spiders webs?

[Arachno Dano]

Do spiders reuse other spiders webs? I am curious because I noticed a different spider using a different species "retreat". Has anyone had any experience with this before? Thanks!

 

[Ciphor]

Do spiders reuse other spiders webs? I am curious because I noticed a different spider using a different species "retreat". Has anyone had any experience with this before? Thanks!

I see it all the time. Depends the spider, depends the web/location.

On my property I have "communal webs" as I call them, that are over 5+ years old, and get used by various spiders over the years. Some have 10+ egg sacs in them (old and hatched) from 4+ species of spider! Most spiders do not build their webs with anything sticky on it, which allows for use by other spiders if they so desire.

I was talking about this a few threads ago, forgot to post an image. Here is a mature female T. gigantea sheet, that a mature female Steatoda grossa built a scaffolding web off the bottom. These two spiders literally traffic and catch food from the same sheet, while ignoring (tolerating) each others presence. It's all about the food supply.

 

[Vespula]

It does depend on the spider in question. I've seen a few "borrow" others' webs.