Spidey

I was looking out the window last night and saw this amazing garden spider walking along the porch railing. So I went out and watched it walk along the rail for 10 minutes or so, then went back in and got the camera. (Pictures are tucked below the fold to save causing heart palpitations in the arachnophobes among us.) I've never seen a garden spider this large before; it was, in fact, so huge that I could see quite clearly each of its delicate legs moving as it strolled about on the porch. It was a friendly wee thing, too—didn't get nervous at all when I got close to it. Very cool.

Just hanging out on a metal plant hook on the front porch:





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