Mr. Crab-Like Orb Weaver. He’s camped out between our fence and our neighbor’s bush on the far side of our house (note houses in picture below… that’s us on the right.)
Here he is close up. It’s not a great picture, I should’ve used flash, but I did not want to get close. I understand he’s not poisonous, is generally helpful in getting rid of bugs, and makes a very impressive web… but that does NOT mean that I am interested in being friends.
I’m quite unsure of what to do about this guy. There is no doubt that Will would love to meet Mr. Crab. There is also no doubt that Mommy Does Not Like This Idea One Bit.
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Plastic Mile | 29-Sep-06 at 12:23 pm | Permalink
Tell Will that about when my little brother was about his age, he decided to meet Mr. Bumblebee … and this did not please Mr. Bumblebee, because he thought that my little brother wanted to eat him.
Little Bro never picked up a bee again.
Holly | 30-Sep-06 at 12:07 pm | Permalink
Heh. Grandma Betty used to tell the story of when my Mom came running into the house, swelling finger in hand, crying that she “just wanted to pet his fuzzy belly!”
We took out a GI-NORMOUS bumble bee in our bathroom this morning. No idea how he got there, but he was not willing to leave peacefully. We heard him buzzing two rooms away…. his body was 2 inches long and a good inch wide. HUGE. Good think Will was already down for his nap…