Spider

[yakalskovich]

This is one of several spiders of about a quarter of an inch in size that live before the window on the A staircase here at my rehab place. My little multipurpose machine takes good enough macro pictures so all the details are clearly visible, stripes and hair and all.

He lives with a few colleagues around that window, and when the sun is on it, they busily sit in their webs and wait for flies and mosquitoes (plentiful in summer, because of the lake); for the rest of the time, they hide somewhere else and laze about. Once, I saw two of them chase each other for some reason. They were apparently having an argument, but I don't know why. I don't understand spiderese. But it did look dramatic.-

Comments

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!

*runs screaming out door*

[yakalskovich]

Aren't you glad you're in Texas and not in Bavaria, where they have such tiny but terrifying spiders?

**grins**

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

Time to send for Mephisto and Lucifer!

[yakalskovich]

Oh, I miss them so much!!

They are great spider hunters, but I don't mind the spiders. I find them quite fascinating, actually, seeing them so close on the other side of the window pane.

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

Are you aware that in Australia there are spider removal squads???

[yakalskovich]

Yes, and in Australia there are the most poisonous spiders in the world. There are such monstrosities as the funnelweb spider, for example...

And they are seriously much bigger than my spiderlings here.

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

And the most poisonous snakes.

[yakalskovich]

Australia is scary that way.

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

It's lovely! We have a similar sort of garden spider that hangs around here, but it's almost an inch, counting legs. The veggie garden is organic, so I welcome any help!

[yakalskovich]

Yes, they are very useful! I like spiders because they eat mosquitoes which in turn then can't eat me any more.