Last October I took these pictures of an Argiope trifasciata, or banded garden spider, in my irises. Every morning, now that it's late summer, I look for this year's argiope, but I haven't found it yet. There are many other spiders in my garden, and I love them all, even the Giant Clothesline Spider who each night builds a net for catching Zoes in, and who each morning catches a Zoe.
The first two pictures are the back, and the third picture is the belly.
3 comments:
I haven't seen any of these here yet this year. I usually see at least a few in the fall, and they're very unmistakable! I had to laugh at your Zoe catching spider, I have a Clare catching spider up near the apiary (that also seems to catch a few of our bees too). I'm always amazed how quickly they rebuild their webs!
scary and beautiful at the same time
Ours just showed up! Maybe yours will too. We got a clothesline spider this weekend too, and it was so giant and hairy and like drifting toward the house on a thread of silk, turning 8 or 10 eyes down on the smallest housecat, that i had to catch it and make it go live in the barnyard.
Post a Comment