Suddenly on the afternoon of Friday, 12/12/08 we began noticing webs and spiderlings along the boardwalk handrails and strung between plants standing in the water.
Spiderlings were also floating thru the air.
Closer looks found more than one type of spiderling (at least three so far).

I sent photos of the different types in separate notes on 12/13.

We were surprised to to find so many spiderlings in December, especially since we had 2 inches of snow on Thursday, 12/11 and freezing temperatures to start the morning of 12/12.
It was 55 to 60 degF in the afternoon of 12/12 when the pictures were taken.
We have had pretty wide swings in weather recently, for example Tuesday 12/9 was 77 degF.

Hurricane Gustav on 9/1 stripped a lot of foliage and branches from trees.
We now have lots more sun in many places.
Many trees and vines put out new leaves.
Maybe these spiderlings have their seasonal clocks out of sync.
It's a bad time of year for little spiders to be on their own.
Not much to eat.

On 12/13 there were fewer spiderlings.
I will post a few pictures of the most common type here.
Not all the shots are of the same individual.
I think some might be male and some female of the same species.
Some were ballooning.

On 12/14 I found no spiderlings on the handrails, but lots of green anoles.