Boo!

[intertext]

Boo!
Originally uploaded by Debbie G.

Ha ha ha. Got you!

I'm not actually a big fan of spiders. Somehow, though, this guy doesn't seem quite so scary lit up with a flashlight and shot in close like this. Almost cuddly?? (not)

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[lidocafe.livejournal.com]

Well, if even I can look at it without scrabbling for my mouse (SCROLL DAMMIT SCROLL!), I guess it's not that bad. It has a sort of muppet effect (dude, what's UP with those massive face-thingies?), though if the thing moved, I'd be logging off immediately.

[countrygardener.livejournal.com]

How interesting, everyone (here and on Flickr) refers to it as a he. Actually, it's more likely a she. Black Widows aren't the only spiders to consume their mates. Great shot! I wish I'd had a macro lens for the two spiders I've captured so far. The detail is so impressive.

[intertext.livejournal.com]

hmmm - that IS interesting. Some kind of reverse sexism?? (didn't anyone read Charlotte's Web, for heaven's sake??) It's fierce, ugly and creepy looking - therefore it's male. hahaha.

[lidocafe.livejournal.com]

Well, I used "it" and "thing." The "dude" is, to me, nongendered, like "you guys!"

[countrygardener.livejournal.com]

"this guy doesn't seem quite so scary..." Maybe that's the determining factor. If it isn't scary it's male. hahaha

[lidocafe.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. I am reminded of my daughter's comment that anyone who bites off the head of her children's father might not make a good mother . . .