This week’s Sunday Stills challenge was to photograph things that start with the letter “S”, so I figured it was as good a time as any to face one of my biggest fears… spiders.
Being as how I can barely stand to look at pictures of spiders, this was not easy for me. The easy part was finding one to photograph!
Morning Bray Farm 
September 26, 2010 at 9:58 am
WOW! That thing is HUGE!!!! It’s actually very pretty. What kind of beast, I mean spider, is that?
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September 26, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Colleen,
Thanks to CeeCee, I now know she’s an orb weaving spider. 🙂
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September 26, 2010 at 10:52 am
It IS big and creepy!!
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September 26, 2010 at 11:46 am
Jambo:
Wonder if it’s the kind that bit me and I’m currently taking antibiotics for the infection it caused… Love Maui, hate tropical insects…
Aloha, Di
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September 26, 2010 at 2:36 pm
She’s beautiful! I’m so proud of you for getting that picture. Just FYI, she’s an orb weaving spider. That means she builds the halloween or “Charlotte’s Web” type web. She builds a new one every day, and the spokes on the web aren’t sticky. Only the parts that go in circles.
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September 26, 2010 at 3:27 pm
CeeCee,
I could just hug you – thank you! I tried doing an online search to identify her, but couldn’t take it. *sheepish grin*
Thank you, thank you, thank you for teaching me something new. 😀
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September 26, 2010 at 8:58 pm
If you want just a bit more information, she is technically a Marbled Orb Weaving spider. I bet you can guess why. Her abdomen looks like a beautiful marble.
She will capture about any insect that blunders into her web. Mosquitoes are a favorite.
If damage is done to her web by an insect too large to capture, she releases the insect and repairs the web as best she can.
I’m glad to help with the creepier critters on Morning Bray farm. 🙂
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September 26, 2010 at 9:36 pm
very nice!
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September 27, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Interesting info from CeeCee but they still creep me out. Nice shot.
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September 27, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Congratulations, Justina! You have begun to conquer your fear.
Beautiful photo, too!!
For the Legend of Spider Woman, who is an important Navajo deity:
http://www.indianlegend.com/navajo/navajo_001.htm
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September 28, 2010 at 6:30 am
Linda,
Why, thank you. 🙂
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