Shelob

[chrishansenhome]

You may remember this post, where I showed you a picture of our back garden spider. A few days ago, when I went out to deposit more garbage on the compost heap, I noted that this particular spider and web were absent.

Well, between last night and this afternoon, this appeared in the back garden:



The difference is that instead of spinning her web between a shrub and the back wall, she has spun it between the side sall and the (folded-up) clothesline. It's a distance of at least ten feet! I think I'll name her "Shelob".

I shall caution HWMBO not to go out into the back garden tonight without detouring around the other side of the clothesline.

Comments

[smlee4.livejournal.com]

oh, that's nice of you not to break into the cobweb.

This is probably too late to ask, but have you cautioned HWMBO already?

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

I pointed it out to him when he got home and the cobweb is still there. I can't see Shelob this morning though--perhaps she's at one or the other ends of it.

Hmm...

[chantacleer.livejournal.com]

You named her after the spider in Lord of the Rings, right? Thank goodness this spider is nothing like that one.