This little yellow character, maybe slightly larger than a pinhead, built a web on our balcony, precariously strung between one of the stakes for our tomato plants and the top of a boxwood shrub. When the sun came up in the morning, he was ready with glistening threads to catch some breakfast.
Hopefully he was successful; there are plenty of little gnats and flies around the houseplants on our balcony. I can't be sure, though. I went out in late morning and when I returned in the afternoon, he and his web were gone.
(This photo, by the way, was taken with my old camera -- the only one for which I have a macro lens. I hope to get a new macro to go with the new camera, which hopefully will result in sharper, more detailed shots!)
The web, slightly blurry, is astonishing.
ReplyDeleteI *LOVE* this shot just the way it is. It has a dreamy quality about it and I love the way the light is hitting the web. Spiders are amazing: they build intricate webs overnight that disappear in the day. Such a lot of work for bite of food!
ReplyDeleteOne year we had an orb spider that built a web each night for a week on our deck. I photographed it each time and each time the pattern of the web was different. Amazing.
I appreciate your telling us which camera you are using in a shot. :)
Very shimmery, if that is a real word...I can't believe it is now gone.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, image and words.
ReplyDeleteDo you like David Sedaris? Have you read his story about his "pet" spider?
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Oh I LOVE your old camera's ability- that photo is just dreamy! It is alive and splendid! Your new camera has some fancy boots to fill.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments on the photo, everybody. I do like this pic, even though you can't see a lot of detail on the spider. (He WAS really, really tiny.)
ReplyDeleteReya, I've read David Sedaris, but I don't remember the spider story. I'll have to look that one up!
Lynne, I tried to figure out what kind of spider this is -- and common orb weaver was one of the possibilities, based on his markings. (I keep saying "he," but it could just as well be a "she.")
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ReplyDeleteHe ate the caterpillars!
ReplyDeleteOk I have tons of these little suckers in my home. Or ones that look like it. It is not fun when they bite. :/
ReplyDeleteThe shot is spectacular.
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