Scribbler
By: Liz
tags: arachnid, arachnophobia, argiope aurantia, black, Black and Yellow Garden Spider, bug, fear, frightening, huge spider, large spider, life, nature, outside, photograph, photography, scared, Scribbler, spider, Writing Spider, yellow
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I am terrified of spiders. Terrified is actually to weak a word for what I am. As I write my skin is still crawling and I swear I can feel spindly legs scurrying up my back.
My daughter Grace went out to check the mail today and mentioned there was a spider by the mailbox. I wasn’t rushing over there any time soon! There wasn’t any mail yet, so we went back in the house and I forgot all about it. Later, in the early evening, we went out to check one more time and having forgotten all about spiders lurking, I casually walked up to the mail box. What I saw made me nearly scream! It was the largest, the most forbidding looking spider I have ever encountered (huge shiver as I recall this…). I’m proud to say I stifled a scream and ran into the house for my camera. Although frightening in appearance, what I captured on film was a common garden spider, also known as a Writing Spider or Black and Yellow Argiope.
Check out some more information on this amazing arachnid here.
I’m pretty proud I didn’t let my fear hold me back from photographing this breath-taking (or scream-making) spider… although I have a feeling I’ll be seeing her in my dreams…
The first thing that popped up on my screen was a huge image of that spider. Since you didn’t scream, I yelped for you!