This week wes thankful for spiders!

Wes is thankful that Bitsy Orb Weaver spider has made our deck her home!

 

She had built her web across the  back of the deck. Alas, Alex has taken the SLR camera to Calgary and Mom's phone camera does not focus on Bitsy furry well.

 

 

Wes got this photo from the inter webs and it looks just like her - just a little darker, Bitsy is more a coffee with cream color. She is a gorgeous spider with her yellow and black-banded belly and legs and silvery carapace. 

Why is wes thankful for Orb Weaver spiders like Bitsy? They catches a zillion bugs and they builds beautiful webs.

 

 

While Mom was talking to Mr D, a fly got caught in her web! And right away, a wasp flew in thinking it could gets a free meal! It got caught in the web too! Bitsy was a really busy lady!

She was down wrapping up her meals and heading to her hiding place, so quickly, Mom had trouble catching a photo of her.

 

 

 Most of the time, she is up in her corner - waiting for her next meal...

She will most likey be decorating our deck with her gorgeous orb webs and she will gets bigger and bigger throughout the fall. When its time, she will lays her eggs and disappear. Wes are looking forward to sees how big she will gets and her beautiful webs when they are covered with dew in the mornings!

Orb spiders are harmless, as gentle as the heroine of Charlotte’s Web. Orb spiders are non-aggressive  and they play critical role in insect control. Here, the number of spiders is astounding, hundreds of thousands of them live in each hectare all controlling insect populations. They are critical for any ecological balance. And wes LOVES looking for them and watching them!

Wes is pawticipating in Thankful Thursday. Click on the button to bes magically taken to Brian's Home and see all the thankfulness!

 Does yous like spiders?

Our Mom does! She makes Christmas spiders for furrends evefurry year!