Grayentropy - what kind of fungus do you believe this to be? There are hundreds if not thousands of smaller webs that look exactly like a classic spider web. Would this be a fungus? The pictures I've seen of fungus-based webs - the webs look more "fuzzy" stuff growing on the grass - these are more a flat, definite web. When I asked about this in the original post - it never occured to me that this would be a fungus. I've always heard of sod webworm and wondered what that was - I thought maybe this was it. But doesn't sound like it. Bergenjersey (by the way I grew up in Ramsey) - I think you're right - I went back out mid afternoon after the dew dried up and the webs, while still there, were basically invisible. So I'm thinking this is some sort of spider, I'm going to assume harmless, and keep an eye on it. If spider, I'm also thinking that these could help to keep the mosquito population down. I suppose anything helps. Thanks!

Centranthus ruber, Red Valerian. Here is a link that might be useful: Google image results

thanks for the lovely photos!!

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