Have I told you that I am deeply in love with this place?
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| Antelope Island Causeway looking North |
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| Red Fox; almost in focus. This little red fox ran across the road; stopping us and two other cars. The wildlife on the island has that effect. |
As we left the island, I stopped to take a photo of the causeway, while there Beth noticed these spiders. Their webs were attached to the sage bushes along the roadside. They were EVERYWHERE. I heard an estimate of a hundred billion; after standing there I believe it. We watched as a grasshopper jumped into a web. A spider, the size of a nickle, raced to the grasshopper wrapping it in seconds.
I would like to know what kind of spider it was but, you need to know their eye patterns. Apparently spiders have so many eyes that they have options on how they arrange them; depending on the species. So, I will guess, that they are Orb weavers due to the pattern of the web. Its a generalization but it will have to do.
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| Antelope Island looking North from the north west side of the island. The straight line running through the Great Salt Lake is the Causeway. |
LOVED how the spider picture turned out! I love going there every time is something new.
ReplyDeleteThat fox takes my breath away! The spider, on the other hand, gives me the heebie-jeebies, while fascinating me at the same time. It all goes back to my young days when my little brothers decided to collect live spiders for a scout project and left the lid off of the jar and about 30 spiders of various shapes and sizes ran amuk in our house. I'm shiverin' just thinking about it. Ah, the good ol' days.
ReplyDeleteBeth: The island always provides. :)
ReplyDeleteTink: 30 spiders loose in a house would give anyone the heebie-jeebies. BTW, I used to collect spiders too but I was just curious because they scared me too.
I'm so jealous of your AI trips. Why am I always in Cali for them? :(
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos though.
Update: the spider is a Western Spotted Orb Weaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)
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