Bang!Zoom! Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Short story: Walking home from corner grocery, we see this yellow butterfly dead on the ground. Kid is all like, "Mom! We can't just leave it here!" Oh? "Well, what do you think we should do with it then?" "It is so beautiful Mom, it deserves a short service and a prayer, let's go bury it." "I don't think butterflies want to be buried, they probably want to be picked up by a bird and fly back to heaven, huh?" "Okay Mom, let's go put it over by the flowers so a bird will find it there." We go over to the flower patch, take great care in positioning it's little body among the petals so it's eyes look to the sky. (quite unfortunate a wing decides to fall off, but ya..anyway) We step back to say a butterfly prayer for it's beady little soul..and suddenly I hear her scream, "MOM!" And right there by my fingertips is this 5 inch gianormous spider in black and yellow with a four feet wide web. Holy catoots! What a moment, biggest spider I have ever seen in my life! So, who else but Joanne pops into my head. "Jo would die for this shot!" So I took a picture, am now upstairs recovering with a afternoon sip. Aren't you proud of me Jo? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsingscrapper Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I'm not Jo but that is one massive arachnid!! I showed the pic to Dragon who backed away from it like it was real!! He's a little arachnophobic but loves Spiderman. Go figure . . . Nice pic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 we've got one of those that builds on our back porch. The kids have kind of made it an unofficial mascot. It is a garden spider. They are gorgeous and make interesting webs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 The web is enormous and very, very fine. I checked online for what kind it is, and it's just called a garden spider. It's legs are longer than my fingers absolutely. Whew, it was fantastic, I wish I'd had my good camera with a zoom to shoot a photo of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 That's some spider. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApronMama Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 We get those each fall ( pacific NW) and its fun to observe them. Right now we have one that has built his web right in front of our sliding glass door. We've been observing him for a week wrapping his prey, carrying it to his hiding spot and doing what spiders do. It's fascinating! We've decided he is our new pet. Will post a picture later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 You are a brave woman! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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