Thursday, July 15, 2010

Black & Yellow Argiope Spider

black and yellow argiopes are common garden spiders
(funny, I've never seen one before!)

size of spider in relation to a horsefly
(Tom killed the horsefly and threw it into her web)

9 comments:

  1. I guess it's kind of pretty, if you can get past the spider thing!

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  2. Is it dangerous? Something that colourful can't be safe? Can it?

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  3. spiders are better than snakes...great photos

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  4. feeding the spider ... thanks to Tom ;-)
    Great shot!

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  5. That horsefly will make a tasty meal.
    I love to watch spiders build their webs. They're such great engineers!

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  6. Yikes! I'm skeered!

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  7. Also known as writing spiders and so called because of their X or zigzag webs. They were E.B. White's inspiration for Charlotte in “Charlotte's Web.”
    Lovely photos.

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I love all your comments, thank you!