Garden Pic Wednesday: Spiders & Hosta
I have some interesting pictures today! I just photographed this beautiful Black and Yellow Garden Spider a few moments ago! Pretty in the end of day sun here against Boxwood in the background. Latin name: Argiope Aurantia. Argiope means, "Bright Faced," since the Spiders head is white. Also called the Writing Spider or Zipper Spider, it's common all over North America. It weaves a large wheel-shaped web with a unique "zig-zag" of thick silk woven vertically through the center that looks very much like she found a string to weave into the web, which is it's unique signature. Thus the name "Writing Spider" or "Zipper Spider." It's a completely harmless Spider that enjoys eating other insects that get caught in it's web and she is out of the way, here against the Boxwood, though I disturbed her a bit to get her to flip to top of the web, so I could get a shot of her coloring. The size and bright coloring suggest this is like...