Eeek, A Spider or Two or Three!

I have been noticing tons of spiders around our place this year. I don't know if we are having a spider population explosion or if I am just that fascinated with them that I am noticing them, where as before I just didn't see them because I wasn't really looking for them. At any rate... here are a few I have seen just in the last couple of days.

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We've seen lots of these spiders out in the pasture along the fences.
We've also spotted several while we were out irrigating in the alfalfa fields.

I think they are beautiful!

This one's body (not including it's legs) is probably the size of my pinkie, say 1/2" X 1 1/4".


This one is busy wrapping a fly up in a straight jacket with it's extremely strong and sticky web stuff.


(I know... don't hate me because of my big vocabulary when it comes to describing spider stuff!)


She lives in the "preschool" chicken coop along with at least 7 of her sisters!


I hate going in there to turn on the lights when it is dark outside.


I'm paranoid I'm going to stick my hand in one of these spiders' webs
while groping around in the dark for the light switch!


These spiders must be nocturnal, because I don't see much of them during the day,
but I always see them at night and many times first thing in the morning
when I am doing my morning chores.


Did you read these previous posts?

Wow, That's a BIG Spider!

The Spider, an Update!

The Spider, Again!


I think this is the same spider from those posts.

I've been checking on her almost ever day and she never leaves this place where she seems to have made her home.

Interesting, huh?


I wonder what those big holes are for in her back.


Look at the stripes on her body.


And why are some spiders so hairy while others are not???

The End


Goodnight, sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite... or the SPIDERS!

The Bee

Can I just say that this is one of the reasons why I love working at home? I love taking 10 minute breaks in which I grab my camera and see what kind of shots I can get. I usually only have 10 minutes because Dan the (Slave Driver) Man is usually waiting on me to go do something like irrigate or move cattle!

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Just look at all that pollen this guy has collected!



The Bee
by: Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)


Like trains of cars on tracks of plush
I hear the level bee:
A jar across the flowers goes,
Their velvet masonry

Withstands until the sweet assault
Their chivalry consumes,
While he, victorious, tilts away
To vanquish other blooms.

His feet are shod with gauze,
His helmet is of gold;
His breast, a single onyx
With chrysoprase, inlaid.

His labor is a chant,
His idleness a tune;
Oh, for a bee's experience
Of clovers and of noon!

Ewww, What Is It?

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I found this weird looking insect in the chicken's waterer.

Oh look, it's washing it's face!

Check out the antenna!

Look carefully, see those little cream colored spiders on it??

There's one of those little spiders crawling on the top of his head.

It was swimming around in a 5 gallon bucket so I fished it out so I could take pictures of it.

Yes, that's right... I saved your life Mr. Bug.

Who knows what it is?



I'll be waiting for some smarty pants to let me know!



Please excuse me while I go take a shower now,
I feel like a gazillion bugs are crawling all over me!
How about you, can you feel them crawling down your back or in your hair!


The End