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.

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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?

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      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?