Bourbons: your spiders have good taste. These critters (or their N. American relatives) sneak into my blossoms, too. If I can manage to attach a photo, I'll trade you spider for spider on another message. I adore spiders, although I admit my neck of the world isn't inhabited by all the toxic varieties creeping around yours. Australians are a courageous bunch! :-) --Carol
I know I shouldn't admit this on a public forum, Adam, but my husband and I even nurture a few cob spiders around the house. They keep the silverfish (which are actually quite cool and prehistoric) and clothes moths in check. We have a couple of Steatodas in the basement. We've named them Columbine and Harlequin. Our family counts the garden spiders every fall. Our daughter loves spotting ones that are camouflaged. :-) Carol
I've watched a lot of shows about Australia and their venomous/poisonous critters. Pretty scary stuff.
Here's an innocuous crab spider :) They can change from white to yellow and back again depending on the flower they're hiding in/on and tend to like to hide in the white/pale pink flowers. Carol
No shame in loving spiders! I seem to have a garden orb spider that makes a web in my car port each spring, I rename them Charlotte annually. And summertime is golden orb weaver time.
I never have to worry about controlling the gross-looking house spiders around the eaves though, the wattlebirds do that for me.
Carol (love your name LOL) - that is so sweet! I love that she's not scared of them. They are such beautiful chameleons. They do eat bees though -- booo. :) Carol
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