Two large banana spiders in back yard had been living in unusually close proximity in their chaotic webs long enough for both to reach considerable size. I had never before seen two of them that size so close together and wondered if it could last. Apparently not. One day I discovered the shriveled carcass ofContinue reading “Winner and Dinner”
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Honestly, Spider!
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to decieve;” Sir Walter Scott. So is this web tangled, or perhaps just a little slipshod? Is it deceptive or merely messy? The lower half, illuminated by the morning sun, appears to be of a different design than the shaded, upper right quadrant ofContinue reading “Honestly, Spider!”
Yes, we have no bananas but…
We definitely have Florida banana spiders, or as they are otherwise called, golden silk orb-weavers. This specimen in our back yard was bout three inches across, leg tip to leg tip, had about a three-foot diameter web, and is obviously a female. Like many other species, the male is puny and of little value otherContinue reading “Yes, we have no bananas but…”
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