Ooof. Never argue with an ant colony. Cleaning out a storage box in the garden. One corner has an ant colony in it, partially destroyed by my clearing. Also present: Two 3cm-ish false widow spiders, shiny black. Can't escape the box now the contents have been removed, sides are too smooth.
Left the job and went to have lunch, expecting to need to re-home the spiders. Figured they had plenty of ants to eat. On return, no sign of the smaller spider. The larger has had a disagreement with the ants. It has not ended at all well for the spider.
I believe this bold jumping spider made a hideout in my portable solar panel while it was folded up. Is this just their bed where they were sleeping, or did they put eggs here that will hatch? In other words, can I safely clean this construction off now that the spider is out and about, or does my solar panel need to live outside now so baby #spiders won't take over my house?
📽️ INFESTED (aka VERMINES) was great, creepy-crawly fun. An entertaining movie that's... um... infested with exactly what you expect, and filled with many moments that make you cringe, shudder, or jump.
Not recommended for those with arachnophobia, but heartily recommended for weirdos like me that are excited to be horrified/terrified 😂
This Synema globosum is sometimes called the Napoleon spider, because of a supposed resemblance of the markings on the abdomen (not visible here) to a silhouette of Napoleon wearing his iconic hat.
It is here on a Caryophyllaceae flower, commonly called the pink family or carnation family.
It's been a while since I have been on here. It's hard to find time to be online or outdoors as much anymore. But I couldn't say not to doing another #Spider table at the National Butterfly Center for #EarthDay today. Always exciting to talk about #spiders.
I was sad and scared that the pet spider (pet as in I let her live there rent free since I was scared 🫣) that was living in my balcony disappeared some time ago.
But now I shall put that behind my back since there's at least half a dozen new spider citizens living there with multiple huge nets 😅.
They are doing their jobs catching all the weird bugs flying around at least 🙃
Adventures in #HomeOwnership in #Spain: The neighbor came to inform me about their view that the yard of our home is built against municipal regulations — too high.
I don't think such regulations exist in #LasGabias (I checked).
Anyway, he claims that the trees bring shadow, moisture and spiders to his yard. All three are positive aspects here. Also, they don't. His yard is full of trees bringing all the shadow, moisture and #spiders he wants.
He says the issue has been discussed with the previous owner of the house, and assumes (correctly) that the previous owner did not inform me of this unresolved claim.
Our #trees, except one ancient olive tree, are tiny. None extend even near his property.
Let's see how this develops. I am looking forward to discussing in the court setting the positive nature of trees, moisture, shadow and spiders to the ecosystem and livability of the neighborhood.