!–Spider Photo Ahead–!
Last May, 2008, and under my husbands wishes [orders] I purchased a new camera. He was getting ready for his yearly stress-relieving explosion extravaganza vacation and he wanted a camera to take a few pictures.
We bought the Canon PowerShot SD1100IS. It was a good choice. He had the camera for a week and I have the camera for the rest of the time. I took a lot of photos this year. Most of them in my vegetable garden.
Today, I want to share the strangest photograph. Some of my internet buddies have already seen the photograph. It is a spider, more specifically from the genus, Argiope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_spider
We call them writing spiders and, as a child, I heard all sorts of folk-lore about this spider. We were not allowed to say someone’s name in front of a writing spider and we couldn’t smile at one either because it might count our teeth!!
The Photograph
I took several pictures of the spider and the one above is one of the belly shots. After seeing this picture, I can, perhaps, maybe, just a tiny bit, understand why there is folklore about this spider.
Yep, it looks like it just might count your teeth if you were to smile.
Very interesting spider and I can see how there would be a lot of folklore concerning it. I sure wouldn`t want to come across it.
I still think his face looks like Michael Jackson 😀
It does doesn`t it. 😉 I do not know how it could count past 8.
When we see them, we flock towards it, especially if it is a big one like the one above. We take pictures and email them to our relatives. 8)
I can see the resemblance. 🙂
Oh, that is just creepy. He looks like he is angry with me. Like I took away his breakfast or something.
That is one cool looking photo. The face is a just a tad creepy though. LOL