Sunday, September 02, 2007

Spider Babies!


Okay, you can't see them, but they are in there. This is the sack of babies that appeared after Taxi the Spider Guard Mom went back to her normal size. I don't know where she is now, but I'm pretty sure this is hers.

It's hanging between the overhang of the sunroom and the west side window of Mom's bedroom. When I told her that a spider lived between her windows, she was not happy. I told her that she should be since they eat so many insects!

Here's a link to the kind of spider this is: http://urbanentomology.tamu.edu/spiders_scorpion/garden.cfm.

Argiope aurantia also known as the yellow spider or the writing spider.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cool! It looks like an upside down deflated balloon. I think spiders die after they have there babies. Remember Charlottes Web? You'll probably have 2 or 3 more Taxi's hanging around after they hatch.

Zee said...

I saw Taxi after I saw that moneybag, but not for long. I think you're right. RIP, Taxi.