Deb, I had a sort of pet tarantula as a little kid in Tucson. I never had the nerve to pick it up, but I always left food for it and we became cautious friends. He would come everyday for a little snack.
I used to share the bath with a spider. Her name was Princess. Many have come and gone since, but none of the others seemed to have much personality.
Oh no, Roger. Princess died? I know how much she meant to you. What a shame you didn't get any photos of her. I'm certain that a photo would have elicited "awwwws."
[size=7]As in, "What is that crazy man doing with a pet spider? He must be related to Diane."[/size]
Princess the Spider! That was her name.
I don't know, Diane. One day, she was just gone. I take so few pictures, I have to get out the instruction manuel to relearn the trick to loading the film. Princess was at her best with fine drops of water on her web. It was more complex than you would ever believe.
roger wrote:Princess the Spider! That was her name.
I don't know, Diane. One day, she was just gone. I take so few pictures, I have to get out the instruction manuel to relearn the trick to loading the film. Princess was at her best with fine drops of water on her web. It was more complex than you would ever believe.
I KNOW that was her name.
I am wondering if you have found other SPIDERS to be boring since that one, or other PRINCESSES.
When my son Mathew was just a little guy, maybe 8 years old, he came running into the house yelling, "Mommy, Mommy, come look!" I went running out just in time to see a spider giving birth. Isty bitsy spiders were coming out of her, seemingly hundreds of them.
It was so amazing. I had never actually seen a spider giving birth and I was so glad that my son could see it as it happened.
The whole thing was very "Charlotte's Web." She sagged at the end and died. It was as if there was nothing left in her.
Incredible experience.
Give me a hint before I click on it Deb - it's not a spider giving birth is it? Eeeuuu.
hingehead wrote:
Give me a hint before I click on it Deb - it's not a spider giving birth is it? Eeeuuu.
Nah...it's a spider escaping its cocoony thing.
Hingehead, watch Charlotte's Web. It makes everything very sweet, even Charlotte's death.
I looked up spiders giving live birth and the only one I could find was the wolf spider. Granted, it was 25 years ago when my son discovered the spider, but she didn't look as large or as hairy as a wolf spider.
Dear Charlotte, RIP.
Region, love those puppies, even puppy breath.
Here is the king of the jungle:
