“That’s a sewing spider”, one of the Amish boys in my classroom told me. Then he told another boy, “It can sew your fingers together!” I think an older brother has been telling some tall tales.
These large docile 0rb weaving spiders commonly answer to plain ol’ garden spider or black and yellow Orb Weaver. But I was curious about the sewing-spider tag. They weave a zig zag pattern into their webs and therefor have earned a nickname of “sewing machine spider”.
Just in time for Halloween! Great shots.
Thank you. They definitely fit Halloween!
Great designs of God.
We see His wisdom on display 🙂
FabUlous!
I knew you’d like that one Pete!
Love these shots of one of my favorite spiders. 🙂
Thank you. I agree, they are special. And they show up at the most unlikely places!
I have never heard them called Sewing Machine spiders, but it fits. It’s the only spider that I enjoy watching. LOL
In the right place I think all of creation is to be enjoyed, and named with a bit of fun at times.
Lovely shots of an inspirational spider species – their web construction are magnificent creations. I hadn’t heard their nickname ‘sewing machine’ spider – very apt. I learned the term for that zigzag pattern through a blogger living in Japan who is drawn to web styles – as ‘stabilimentum’ or ‘stabilimenta’ (pl). We get the golden orb species here in the Cape and their webs are like cast nets – huge! Here’s an interesting link – http://www.bugsinthenews.com/stabilimentum_and_some_notions_on%20function.htm
Quite fascinating! Thank you 🙂
Interesting info. Thanks for sharing.