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August 27, 2004
Not So Itsy-Bitsy
It wasn't just my imagination. There are more spiders this year. (Link via Fark)
Midwestern spiders always get big as they prepare to lay eggs, but this year they're even fatter thanks to a cool, wet summer that sustained their favorite snack — insects.
They're everywhere here. Big fat spiders with huge webs all over the yard. I don't mind so much because they're keeping down the grasshoppers that eat my flowers....but I sure don't like walking into their webs. Creepy.
And WildChild is totally freaked out by them. He and I found a huge black & yellow one, about the size of a golf ball, which stopped him dead in his tracks.
"Spider stay on his webhouse?" he asked dubiously.
"Yes, as long as we leave him alone, he'll stay right there," I replied.
I think he doubted the veracity of my statement because he then urged "Let's go. Go back inside Ma's house."
That suited me just fine.
Posted by Rita at August 27, 2004 11:41 AM
Comments
Oh god NOW I will have nightmares!!! I am deathly afraid of those things.
Posted by: Tam at August 28, 2004 01:35 AM
Have any photos?
Posted by: Bill at August 28, 2004 09:26 AM
The last time I visited my grandparents in Rayville, there was a huge black & yellow spider in their picture window. It didn't look real at first - then something flew into it's web and it went to work. I'm fascinated by them as long as I'm not in their path.
Posted by: yayaempress at August 29, 2004 08:31 AM