OMG I kind of "rescued" a tarantula-- help!

[Garter_Gertie]

While I give spiders a wide berth and your pics, Natalie, give me the heebee jeebees, I'm thankful for people like you guys that *do* appreciate spiders because you're like mom & pop National Geographics.

Your photos, understanding and knowledge of spiders allows me, here, to learn and gain - even if at hands length, or up on a chair cringing - an appreciation for things I never would usually consider learning about.

Maybe this should be another thread? (Hhhuuummm... Pun! Thread? Spiders? Get it?)

Our differences in our likes and passions facinates me and I appreciate so much the differences because you all teach me. You open new worlds and give me perspectives I'd never think of.

The pains, time and efforts you guys go to to take wonderful photos - and EXPLAIN what's going on in them - is so wonderful. You make me see my world better and I sometimes feel like such a twit because you show me what I miss. You are teaching me to be more appreciative of our natural world, to be more cognizant.

The amount of knowledge in this forum is off the chart. And I thank you all for sharing your specific expertise and making my world a better place.

Otay!

Enuff of the sentimental stuff! Stefan's prolly gagging to death!

I'm such a twit!

[jitami]

What an amazing sequence of pictures Natalie! (have the heebie jeebies now, but can still appreciate the process and how much it must take out of the spider)


edited to say: Gertie, I must have been typing as you were posting... still have the heebie jeebies

[Garter_Gertie]

That, Missy Tami, is like just too way weird! "Heebie jeebies"!!!!!!!!!!!

[Charlet_2007]

I stayed up all night sitting in a chair by the web taking photos every few second's because most people don't get to see that EVER.. I want to be on the TV going to different places taking photos or movies like Steve Irwin did only with out wrestling crocks and alligators lol

[jitami]

I'm not going back to look again, but Natalie, it seems you have way more patience than I do and that I also appreciate and admire Again, very nice sequence of pictures. Thank you for sharing them with us!

[Garter_Gertie]

Woman, you are my better. Holy crow. Phenominal! Thanks very much for your effort.

Not to be nosey... Okay...

To be nosey, what part of the country are you from? I've never seen such A HUGE GIGANTAMUS spider sack in my life. I grew up in IL and now live in MN. I'm going to just guess and say you're in the southern, south eastern, south western part o'the US. Based on size. Because in temperate climes spiders tend to stay smaller; their sacs stay smaller. But that's a generalization based on lack of knowledge regarding spiders.

[Lori P]

Natalie, those pics are AWESOME!!!! Just amazing!!! I've showed everyone!!!! I've never seen a spider lay an egg nest either and I LOVED it. Thank you!!!

[Charlet_2007]

I live in Springfield Missouri... I always thought they made the sack and then drilled a hole and layed there eggs like it that way I never knew or even thought they could hang upside down and lay them that way..

I've wanted to capture a caterpillar in to a butter fly before but I have yet the chance to.. ive got LOTS more pics like i said i took that ever few secs..our cam holds like 3000 pics and then i switch out sims cards i can take 3000 more lol.. its not a expensive cam but i do want one that take better pics..

[drache]

wow, Natalie
those are amazing photos
I can't wait to show them to Mikhaila

[Garter_Gertie]

Natalie, I would have thought even further south. Huh. I grew up just east of St. Louis over in Il and don't ever remember seeing egg sacs like that! Very cool.

I hope you get your catapillar/butterfly pictures! That would be neat!