This beautiful writing spider floated in mid-air on the corner of my garage door. Spinning its lines next to the light, it sits waiting for the next poor bug to fly into the web. It is one of the biggest writing spiders that I have seen. Today I saw it wrapping up a bug for future consumption! Looks like his patience payed off!
Spider spins its web
Writing nature’s poetry
Floating on beauty
Photos: Dwight L. Roth
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He’s watching you. 🙂
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Ha Ha! Yes he is!!
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I’m glad you see the beauty in spiders, Dwight. Nice pics and haibun.
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In their place they are very beautiful!
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Wow, that’s some web! But keep Mr. Spider far from me 🙂
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He is a very useful creature… as long as it is not in the house!! :>)
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They are, indeed! As in life, we have to take the good with the bad 🙂
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Ha ha
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Nicely penned 👍
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Thank you very much!
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Great picture Dwight! I’m not fond of spiders but like this they are wonderful.
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Yes, in their place they are a sight to see! Thanks Peter!
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Wow, that thing is enormous! 😲
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It really is… probably an inch and a half across!
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Yeah, that’s a little to big for comfort. LOL! I’d freak. 😵
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Ugh. Spiders. Excellent haibun and haiku though!
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Thank you very much!
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They eat mosquitos so I tolerate them outside. In my home they are executed Dwight. Great photos!
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Thanks Rob! The same is true for me! This one is very photogenic!
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The webs can be beautiful until you walk into one. 🙂
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Yes, they can be very unnerving!
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Wow! That’s big! I loved your Haiku Dwight 🙂
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Thanks Christine! I appreciate your kind words!
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That is either a close-up or a massive web! The writing spider is new to me and she is, indeed, big and beautiful. I’m glad she’s not going hungry!
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Patience pays off! this is magnified, but I measured and she is three inches from foot to foot! Thanks Kim!
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Awesome pics of an awesome creature! (I photograph and let spiders be, too.)
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This one has been fun to watch! Thanks for your comments.
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They are such fascinating creatures. I never kill spiders; I always usher them outside where they’re beneficial to the garden.
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If they are in my house I make an exception! No grace there!
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Yes, amazing photos of an amazing creature, Dwight!
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Thanks Lynn!
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ouch he does look like a monster … very glad he’s not glad wrapping me for later!
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Ha Ha! yes me too!!
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I think it takes some effort to love a spider… but he is beautiful
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Yes he is!
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exactly what i was going to say
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The way you bring out the beauty of spider is awesome. Checked out your website and would love to be a part of open link Thursday. What I need to do for it by the way?
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Thank you very much!
Just click on the d’Verse link at the end of my poem and follow the instructions there.
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Thanks:)
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The poem is fun … but I LOVE the image that makes the spider and web look as big as the house!
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Thank you! She really is pretty big. When spread out she measured 3 inches from foot to foot!
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Good haiku, thanks for sharing!
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You are welcome… Thanks for stopping by!
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Well penned dear 😊
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Although I’m terrified of the spider I am delighted by the haiku. I wrote my very first attempt at writing a poem on my blog. So let me know what you think, would love suggestions!
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Ive never heard of a writing spider though we have bushman spiders that weave huge webs –
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They are very common here and are often seen in the Fall!
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Cool Spider, and excellent poem to go with the photos! I’ll just have to look this spider up and maybe add it to my Nature Journal.
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They are very common in this part of the country. We usually don’t see them until Fall.
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Stunning! Such vibrant colours!
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This reminded me someone special.
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How great is that!!
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Lovely work. I’ve recently come to know and appreciate the haibun myself. Fun little form.
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Thank you. Yes, I love writing haibuns.
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I can’t stand spiders, yet I am so drawn to this! Nice work!
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Thank you! Maybe it will change your perspective!
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Wow!
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Thank you! She was spectacular!
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Love this. Simple and awesome!
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It doesn’t take much to get the job done. Thank you!
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Agreed. The best poets can say alot in a little.
Maybe you can check me out. I’d love some feedback from fellow writers. It can be hard to get honest feedback sometimes.
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I love spiders of all sizes. Brilliant photos. 🙂
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She posed for me right in the corner of my door!
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She’s beautiful! ☺
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Reblogged this on Design and commented:
Vary nice.
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Thank you!
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Lovely
I feel sad for the victims, but spiders are beautiful and amazing! I have a bug glass in the house with which I take outside those multi-legged intruders. They are not always the cooperative type. That’s when I scream like a girl until I regain control of the situation & get them in the glass. : )
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Ha ha! You should feed them to the lizard!
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I can’t do it! I was guilt-stricken feeding live food to my lizards when they were younger! It’s an awful way to go. With age, they’ve preferred produce (Whew!), so I try to insert as much protein as possible due to their non-consumption of the living.
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:>)
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Thank you for reblogging this one!
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