However, Penelope did not come inside, but very politely built an amazing web right outside our dining room window where we could observe closely but safely. (Safely just refers to how we felt , as I realize that she is harmless.) So we pulled out our field guides and our cameras, researched her on the internet, and dusted off our nature notebooks and sketched her.
May I introduce you to Penelope...
Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia
Bekah's nature notebook
See what Kristin and Raya have been up to in their nature studies!
Have you had any fascinating nature finds lately?
I love her name:)Ive been wondering what kind of spiders those were,cool!
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in Texas my friend who had 40 acres had the Texas-sized version all over her property--hundreds--and it was truly creepy for this nature mama. I didn't even enjoy watching them catch and wrap up the mega-sized grasshoppers that landed in their webs.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!
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