A view from the web:
I love photographs with unintended results. LL took these two. (The pond beyond the chairs is where the water lily in the sidebar resides.)
I thrill to the sight of my yellow-backed garden spiders (Argiope aurantia). Their presence tells me my garden is a healthy place to live and raise a family. I'm not saying it's free of predators--got plenty of those from the hawks that taxi on unseen currents above, talons itching for snakes and bunnies and mice, to the birds that snack on bugs and the gardener who mashes flea beetles between her thumb and forefinger.
Speaking of reproduction, this brownish silk pouch, about 1" in diameter, was deposited in the tea olive that she used to anchor her web. Come spring we'll be the proud grandmothers of a thousand baby garden spiders.
Now, this is a type of spider that I've observed for years. You can guess where. That's right--my kitchen counter. I cut a lot of zinnia bouquets, and as I arrange them by the sink, these unfortunate hitchhikers jump off or get washed off.
This green fellow is a lynx spider with spines on its legs.
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