Golden miracle of design
I hope this picture shows how the Golden orb-weaving spider gets its name. The web really is like spun gold. As you can see, one of the strands of the web traverses a long distance, about three metres, ten feet or so. But over the roof of The Ponderosa today there is a horizontal web strand, spun by a regular Orb-weaver, I think, that goes from next door to the same frangipanni tree in this picture -- a whopping ten metres or so.
By the way, the Orb-weaver who set up camp over my front door on the weekend (pictured below) has gone, and taken her web with her.Not a trace remains of that miraculous and beautiful weaving, but at least I now have this new golden one to admire. When you really look at a spider's web, it's amazing what you find, even inside yourself. Hence the grand myth of the goddess Arachne.
By the way, the Orb-weaver who set up camp over my front door on the weekend (pictured below) has gone, and taken her web with her.Not a trace remains of that miraculous and beautiful weaving, but at least I now have this new golden one to admire. When you really look at a spider's web, it's amazing what you find, even inside yourself. Hence the grand myth of the goddess Arachne.
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