The silken strands of a spider web catch the afternoon sun. Hours went into its creation but one gust of wind, a struggling insect or a passing bird will destroy this miniature masterpiece.
A spider’s work is never done.
The silken strands of a spider web catch the afternoon sun. Hours went into its creation but one gust of wind, a struggling insect or a passing bird will destroy this miniature masterpiece.
A spider’s work is never done.
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Certainly temporary, (and very beautiful), but it’s amazing how quickly a spider can rebuild its web.
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I love watching a spider at work. They might be little but they are certainly industrious.
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And unlike mere mortal spinners and weavers they don’t seem to get the pattern wrong; ever!
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True. It sounds like you are a master unpicker! 🙂
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Let’s just say that, in years past, I unpicked more than I knitted or sewed.
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I’ve been doing that with a tricky crochet pattern recently. One row came out three times before I got it right. 😣
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Your patience is admirable. 🙂
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It needed to be right or the following rows wouldn’t work out. All sorted now and moving on.😀
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Spider webs always cause me to stop and admire the creativity. This one is a beauty. 🙂
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Like an author who writes a novel only to find out it tanked.
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At least the spider can start over. 🙂
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oh so beautiful, especially the way the light hits the web. I am a fan of spiders, as long as they are outside and not inside!! There are some rather large ones here in Sri Lanka… but on closer inspection 🙂 it seems that in actual fact, the body is quite small and it is just the legs that are so long that make the whole thing look big. There is a video of one on my instagram (Greenglobaltrek). This particular one is called a “wood spider”.
Peta
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We have huntsmen spiders who come inside sometimes. They have big bodies and long hairy legs. I’ve got a photo on Instagram dating from 29 November 2016 showing one in the garden.
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It has been a good year for spiders over here and some of their webs get enormous with whole communities of spiders living together.
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I wonder if the number of spiders is indicative of a healthy environment like it is when there are lots of frogs.
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I think maybe so as it has been an exceptionally good growing year this year.
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Spiders’ webs are such clever things, and so beautiful when they have water, or frost, on them. It’s a shame I’m not so quite so keen on the spiders themselves!
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I’m happy to see spiders in their homes, just not in mine.
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Me too! We had one in the house the other day, which is the first one for ages.
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That is a beautiful shot Carol!! Stunning 🙂
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Thank you Lorraine. It was in just the right spot to catch the sunlight.
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