Spoiler warning! Here's a friendly "shoo" for all those arachno-phobes out there. Do not proceed any further, spider photos below. OK, all the wobbly ones gone? Let us proceed.I don't actually know much at all about spiders, except that my garden is a welcome haven for them, and autumn is peak season for them around here, and so I thought I'd show you three photos I took this morning.The one thing I do know about spiders and gardens is that a garden with lots of spiders is probably a relatively healthy, organic, pesticide-free place, and so I see my spidery residents as good feedback for gardening the organic way.
I don't have a clue about correct spider names or anything, but this
is Compost Guy/Gal. He/she hangs out above our compost bin
and presumably does a roaring trade in the tiny insects attracted
to the delicious aromas emanating from the compost bin.
Again, no clue as to its name, but as my garden is forever leafy,
there's never any shortage of building materials for leaf-curling spiders.
This beautifully hairy brown spider currently has a magnificent
three-feet-wide web strung up between the frangipani tree and a
murraya hedge. Being biggish and out on a wide web in broad
daylight is a risky strategy (birds might see that fat little spider as a
lunch snack) so this person dashes out when a foolish fly/gnat or
whatever gets stuck in the sticky stuff, wraps it up neatly and quickly,
then scuttles back to the fragrant comfort of its frangipani hidey hole.
