Friday, August 8, 2008

Friday Foto Finish Fiesta



I found this spider on my porch one morning. It seems this particular species will weave two parts of a web, then "stitch" them together. I thought it was very interesting as well as beautiful.

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm being very brave and leaving a message, because I've been assured that while small things like viruses can get to me over the internet, spidery things cannot.

But next time can you warn me? ;)

Outnumbered2to1 said...

Oh my gosh, I believe they would have heard me screaming in China that spider would have scared me so much. We just have daddy long legs. Nothing as beautiful and cool as that spider.

careysue said...

What a great shot...I had to click on it and see if it was real or not! It is real correct?

Unbelievable picture, loved it.

EmBee said...

That is fascinating... I've never seen anything like it.

Mamahut said...

That is just odd but cool.

Unknown said...

Wow, that's amazing !! Great pic!!

When you click on the photo, you can see where the spider 'stitched' it's web together.

Kelly said...

Holy Guacamole!! That's REAL?! I hope you had a zoom lens to get up that close. After I read your header and first glanced at the picture, I thought it was something you had made for scrapbooking...
Beautiful, but SCARY!

Jennifer said...

OMG--lov this pc! How cool!

Teri said...

Great shot! I never knew about the stitching thing. Cool.

Lori said...

Ooh, the spots on its back look like three pair of spooky Halloween eyes. Cool picture!

Terri said...

I am just impressed that you got close enough to take such an awesome picture!!

Mama Dawg said...

I have a pic like that myself. I never knew that's why their web looked like that!

MediMonsters said...

That is beautiful. Kind of scared of the little buggars, but I can appreciate their talents from afar. Very afar!!

Lex the mom said...

Spiders creep me out, but that is a very cool picture!

I can't remember that species name, but they are really awesome web designers...heh.

Marrdy said...

This is one cool picture!! But I hate spiders so it's scary too.

oº˚ Homeschool Mom˚ºo said...

That is such a good picture and scary at the same time! Not a big spider fan!

Frizzy said...

Cool picture but I'm glad it's on your porch and not mine. Spiders are one of many bugs I just can't handle well. It would be gone as soon as my hubby came home. Do you know what kind it is yet and if it's poisonous? EEK!

Sunshine said...

YOU ARE TOTALLY FREAKING ME OUT! But cool web. :)

Judylynn said...

To answer a few questions:

Yes, this is a real spider, and no, it is not poisonous. I left it there and it did no one any harm.

I would rather leave these creatures alone (if they are not poisonous and if they are outside the house!) and let them catch and kill those annoying flies!