Articles tagged with: spider
The Grand Canyon? Barsoom? Pandora? Maybe.
No bigger than a moonlet,
Queen of an alien laboratory for spontaneous choreography,
a spider squares the circle at the labyrinth’s center.
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Spider | Arachnid
A performer in a vest-pocket circus floats down
the silk road as easily as a smoke puff
choreographed by Cirque du Arachnid,
balancing gravity and sensuality.
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Arachnid | Spider
Alex Wild at the Myrmecos blog included my eight-legged
vaudevillian, below, in his “Best Insect Photos of 2009″ list,
and I’m pleased to be among his favorites.
Alex does a great job of sharing his entomological knowledge
and excellent photography; I learn something from
each of his posts.
My image of a pirate spider (great name) also prompted more comments
than any post since I started the Wild Light blog.
Here’s another arachnid image from earlier this year, a spider practicing
her invisible art of patience and silk.
A spider does a little soft shoe, an old-time arachnid vaudeville act on a grass blade stage.
Whenever I post a spider image, I get no comments. I just returned from a dust-up on Facebook, advocating not killing spiders and taking some abuse from the spider-haters.
So is anyone brave enough to make a comment? Can a spider get cuter than this?
One small step for a small spider, soon to be lost in the bloom.
Bug Dreams, my newest book, is now available. Bug Dreams, a 40 page hardcover book with dustjacket, takes you deep into a green microwilderness, a dreamless moment of light.
From the introduction by Kathe Koja:
”In the green world, all days are one Day, and evening is a dreamless moment. The philosophy of life there is quite simple, but expressed in a million ways, a billion: the twitch of compound eyes, the ballet stretch of a leg, the fierce distension of a mandible.”
For more information, see preview images and order a copy of Bug Dreams, follow the ant.
A spider hangs in a green spring garden, practicing her invisible art of patience and silk.
A tiny spider decorates the arachnid version of a Christmas tree, in Canada’s southernmost coastal vacation hot spot.
A spider prepares a special treat for unwary Halloween visitors.
She waits patiently in a misty Hell, Michigan hollow.
A 50 foot high mechanical spider, La Princesse, climbs a building in Liverpool last month, operated by the French company La Machine. See her on the BBC.
Photo courtesy Peter Wakelin.
On an early fall afternoon, an almost translucent spider takes a careful stroll. Any help with an ID is appreciated.
