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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Webby

Another seasonal aspect of the forest that I noticed on my last trip out to Thetis Lake is that there are more spider webs at this time of year. I guess all the baby spiders that were born during the summer are now grown up and making their own webs. Whatever the reason, walking through the undergrowth means regularly picking the webs off one's face and clothing. It's a shame because often, like the web pictured above, they are beautiful, intricate structures.

6 comments:

dieter michalek said...

this is just perfect !!!!

Stephanie said...

They are beautiful to look at, but I am sure a lot of these spiders don't appreciate the screaming human getting near them.

William Kendall said...

Very intricate.

Eclecticity said...

A beautifully woven spider web and shot of it.

JoJo said...

Perfection!

Mike Laplante said...

Spider horror story... one of my wife's co-workers was bitten by a (supposed) brown recluse up in Port Alberni. This is far north of their native territory so it may have been something that hitched a ride somehow.
The result was nasty though... weeks of antibiotics and 'expressing' the bite sight to get rid of the pus as her body fought the necrosis.