Garden Pic Wednesday: Garden Spiders!
At the far end of my back yard, behind the maple tree, strung around a Plumbago and an Azalea are two Garden Spider Condos---multiple layers of finely spun webs, each belonging to a different spider. It's like a 3-dimensional web of webs. I can see them sparkling in the late afternoon sunlight. Intrigued one day recently, I went back to see what was there: Several Black & Yellow Garden Spiders: Some were larger, older ones and also younger, smaller ones, each with their own web. (This one is about about 1 1/4 inch in size.) Sometimes these are called "Zipper Spiders." They're very common. (And harmless.) Orchard Orb Weaver Spiders: On webs layered in among the Black & Yellow Spider's webs were also lots of these shiny green Weavers with their iridescent orange spots. Always around the garden also. (And harmless) A Nice Shot of A Sunlit Spider Web I Won This Shrub As A Door ...