Spiders in the mist
Amazingly the rain last night was over three inches, and it wasn't hard to imagine the garden giving a sigh of relief.But more remarkable was the early morning mist, and as I went out the front door to walk, a huge web was sparkling with dew.
The walk around the botanical garden was amazing. There were spider webs everywhere -- on the grass, in the trees, in shrubs.... I don't think I've ever seen so many.Coming back home, I was able to get a couple of good shots of the porch web, and then discovered the two above the vegetable garden.
Another remarkable thing is when I went out later, all of the webs were gone. I had never really given any thought to spider webs as being temporary, but many garden orb-weavers build webs in the evening and take them down in the morning (I found out after a bit of web research).
That is one huge spider web!
ReplyDeleteI have some orb weavers in my
garden who always are in their
webs, night & day.
Other orb weavers tear down their
webs as the sun comes up.
Mary
z 5b KS
This was truly an amazing morning. I've never seen anything like it before (or since, for that matter).
ReplyDeleteI wish I knew more about different sorts of spiders and their behavior!
Hello Again,
ReplyDeleteFor the first time last summer I
had a spider almost like yours in
the garden. She is from the same
spider group as your picture.
The one in my garden
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showimage/1747/
Is yello & Green. They are female
spiders with the smaller male lurking
in webs nearby.
Last year I watched her all summer
long and enjoyed her living in
my Roma Tomato plants. I would
carefully move foliage and pick
my tomatoes trying not to disturb
her.
By fall one day she had dissapeared,
but luckily I had read that they
leave an egg sack and what they look
like. Sure enough I found the egg
sack and put it in a sheltered
location for the winter.
This year I have an abundance of
these spiders [about 8 so far]
The one, I call her My Princess,
because I dubbed her mom My Queen
of the Garden last year.
No more saving egg sacks for me.
I don't really need to see that
many large spiders in my garden!
Thanks for letting me ramble!
Enjoy your Queen, her throne time
is slowly dwindling down.
Mary
z 5b KS