Into every life, a little rain will fall.

Butterflies are not the only inhabitants of my garden world.

Such perfection does not exist, not in my world; it does not. There are the others.

One of the others, is the rather impressive Golden Orb Spider.




This lovely lady, died due to the cold weather setting in. The only spiders killed here, are the ones that wander into the opposition's turf. That is a big no-no!  This was a rather unknown treat this year. It was the first time to my knowledge, where the spiders were so bountiful.There was this one corner behind my 'outer office' where an even dozen or so, gathered. The spiders are harmless to humans, and due to their rather massive webs, easily over about 6 feet square, one would not easily walk into the webs. There are egg sacks, debri of all kinds, and carcasses of fallen victims. When you have about 12 of them all together, it is quite a complex.

These spiders perform a vital function in nature, which is evident from the large collection of carcass bags hanging around onto the web. The catches are rather small, and thoughts of them catching anything really of any great size was dispelled, after a fair sized cricket was 'sacrificed' in the name of experimentation. The spider did do its part, still, it was clear that the cricket was escaping rather easily out of the web by simply breaking it with kicks. It was thrown back into the web, a few times.























Largest Spider Fossil Found By Paul Selden In Middle Jurassic of China (Photo)http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-largest-spider-fossil-china.html