Aug 29, 2007

That Spider We Ordered Came In

Son Sneed pointed out this spider and its elaborate web this morning. I'm not sure what sort of spider this is, but when I took these pictures, it was busy eating a bug. If you click on the bottom photo to enlarge it, you can see a green thing that is being eaten.

I assume that this spider is my ally in keeping down the number of insects munching on my plants.





Many of the spiders of the desert are burrowers and find prey by walking around. This guy spins this elaborate web and when a hapless bug gets trapped the spider feels the vibration of the web and it's mealtime.



















































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5 comments:

Kurt said...

Nice web.

Terri@SteelMagnolia said...

Me no like spiders.

Marcia said...

better then snakes and frogs, and lizzards, o my.

this spider is tiny compaired to the spiders in Florida. Did you grill him and eat him?

Ed & Jeanne said...

Spider paparazzi? Good one!

Steve Reed said...

Cool! And yes, he's on your side. We always left spiders alone when I lived in Florida, even if they were in our house -- they were eating other critters.