Handy!

This little fellow  came in on a bunch of flowers - the following day there was a beautiful web above them! The next day it changed location and was hanging from the lights in my ceiling. The next day it had moved again and spun a web above my sink in front of the window - both it and me were happy with this spot. For several days it sat in the middle of it's web patiently - they don't seem to do much spiders - like most of my pets it  just sits there! Today however it got fed! The wasp escaped the web the first time, despite the  spider pouncing on it. Bees seem to get stuck in the cobwebs in my conservatory much more effectively - must be their furry bodies. Several times I have had to rescue them and untangle the sticky threads. I did not even think of doing the same for the wasp and was as disappointed but less hungry than the spider when it broke free. In fact as I think it is a Cross spider, Araneus diadematus, it was probably pretty cross too! However after a circuit of the kitchen the wasp flew right back into the web! That spider sure chose a great location - all flying things get drawn to the light streaming in and they buzz noisily at the window pane! This time the spider spun it far more vigorously and  there was no escape for the wasp! I got my tripod and on and off  for the next 3 hours I photographed it as it intermittently rearranged its position. I think it was sucking it's fluids  having vomited  digestive fluid over it! After a bit of a search I found out  the prey is chewed with the "jaws" (chelicerae), and the fluid is sucked back into the mouth together with some liquefied "meat" from the prey, the hard indigestible bits are then discarded! Later in the day I noticed the carcass of the wasp in its silken shroud had disappeared from the web - no doubt lying somewhere on the plant below it! I took nothing else all day and it was so going to be my blip! 
As I write this the spider is busy spinning a brand new web, apparently some spiders eat their own webs before making a new one - it contains lots of protein!  It's  fascinating to watch it spins its death trap, so far it's made the anchor point, anchor , bridge, frame and radial threads, and is now busy making the capture spiral. I didn't know it makes two spirals and does a U-turn to do so! At present it is going round clockwise making the sticky threads to catch it's prey - I hadn't realised only these parts are sticky, makes sense as the spider doesn't want to be caught in it's own web! The spider also has 3 claws on each leg to enable it to move around without getting stuck!  I also discovered that spiders are truly unique in their silk-producing abilities - they are the only animals that use and produce different kinds of  silk for multiple purposes-  to aid in mating rituals, create shields for protection from predators, encase their eggs and, of course, weave webs.
I shall leave the spider to it's spinning as it's my  bedtime , apparently spiders like to build in the dark - make sense as most insects are sleeping so it's not going to catch much anyway! I take back what i said about the spider just siting on it's web, it sure takes a long time o build it so no wonder it just sits there afterwards! I guess spiders don't have any hobbies apart from spinning!  I did find an interesting article on the different webs spiders spin according to the drugs they are given - caffeine led to the most messed up webs - the one it created on cannabis looked quite normal, and I bet the spider was well happy making it!  By morning it will be in its own solipsistic world as one website put it! I guess a lot of us are guilty of  that!