Another spider pic

Not that other places don't get spiders. But it seems like big ones are pretty normal around here. And there's scads of them, in nooks and crannies. Could be that we don't have flyscreens on the windows, though, so they just wander in. Probably a sign of a healthy ecosystem.

The above photo is from mid-October of last year. Keep meaning to post i, but haven't. Note the spider's size in relation to my hand. It's crawing up the kitchen window, IIRC.

And, the below photo is from late November. It's on the windowframe, to the right of the kitchen window.


Note that I'm not actually touching them -- just putting my hand near them, for sizing purposes. I'm pretty sure they're not venomous, but it's possible they could hurt a little (like a bee sting). And, you know -- probably not venomous.

Except for marveling at their niftiness of size, I'm no longer weirded out by having spiders around.

But, I still don't touch 'em.


--GG