Spiders! Amazing creatures they are....... often feared and seldom understood. They will do all they can to escape harm, and none are really "vicious", and any bites, as rare as they are, are quite accidental, and most are harmless, leaving a mild pinch, with perhaps a slight "burning itch" sensation that lasts but for a half hour or less. This beautifully-marked Argiope likes old fields mostly, and like all Orb-weavers, their life is spent entirely on its web. The males are usually quite small when compared to the females, such as the one shown here. This one lived for about a year behind a light fixture inside the house, and I kinda "adopted" it, and even fed it on a regular basis. Here it is eating a green cockroach, which was attracted to the porch light. All the images below and on the next page are clickable images (not recommended for Dial-Up users), which will open a much larger image! I spend many a night out "frogging" (collecting pictures to add to my "Fabulous Froggage" project), and besides looking for really cool frogs, I also come upon lots of other neat stuff, such as many of the spiders on this page! This one was seen while I was making a video of calling treefrogs in an abandoned swimming pool. Mastery at camouflage! This one was sitting motionless at the tip of a broken branch, and I would have never seen it if it didn't move! This orb spider was seen on the bridge at camp (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) spinning her web near a light, for better insect attraction. MORE Spiders! This will take you to Page TWO Powered by Angelfire