Over the years I have read short articles about spiders. I usually stop in disgust but KNOW I should appreciate them. This article was perfect. The appreciation overcomes the reluctance. I sent this to a few social media sites because who doesn't want to wake up near Halloween and read about Portia?
The Joro spider has invaded Georgia and is on the move throughout the US. Spiders are the constant topic where I live.
Wow, that Lenka sure was one beautiful creature!!! and that in a city!
I grew up in Phoenix, we had daddy long legs and black widow spiders at our house, along with a few scorpions now and then, at the beginning, then we had annual exterminator visits.
Thank you, Mari. I enjoyed your piece.
When I worked in the prison, some inmates told me they had “pet” spiders in their cells that they fed and talked to. Who could blame them?
Claudy Edwards (Jan)
Over the years I have read short articles about spiders. I usually stop in disgust but KNOW I should appreciate them. This article was perfect. The appreciation overcomes the reluctance. I sent this to a few social media sites because who doesn't want to wake up near Halloween and read about Portia?
The Joro spider has invaded Georgia and is on the move throughout the US. Spiders are the constant topic where I live.
https://news.uga.edu/joro-spiders-likely-to-spread-beyond-georgia/
Wow, that Lenka sure was one beautiful creature!!! and that in a city!
I grew up in Phoenix, we had daddy long legs and black widow spiders at our house, along with a few scorpions now and then, at the beginning, then we had annual exterminator visits.
Well Mari -- I finally made it through this substack. Not as sKeErY as I feared.
You sure know how to pick literary allusions. I’m a big Dickinson fan, but I think Whitman is the star here:
“till the ductile anchor hold,”
Holy Patootie!
Amazing webs. Also nobody plays like Glenn :)