Bar coded spider
Resourcefulness; when opportunity knocks, you use whatever you have on hand. Or in hand, as the case may be.
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| My grandson, at Cougar Creek park, finds a humongous spider ... |
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| And traps her in his chips bag. I don't think she likes lime and black pepper, though. |
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| Sprawled on the bar code, showing her own bar coded under her belly. |
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| A female cross spider, Araneus diadematus, very fat. Probably full of eggs. |
We let her go on the damp grass, where she could wipe the lime and pepper off her legs.
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Mmmmm, limey pepper spider....
Maybe she was hoping for BBQ. - Margy
Very resourceful, and a much better collection method than the one practiced by Darwin: Out beetle collecting one day, he already had a lovely specimen in each hand when he spied a third, unknown species! But he didn't want to give up the beetles he had... In a quandary, he shoved one beetle into his mouth for safe-keeping while reaching for the third. However, the now-semi-ingested beetle, in great alarm, released some foul-tasting compound, causing Darwin to spit out the beetle and, in his consternation and distress, drop the other two as well. --So just as well you stuck with chip bags. :)
Interesting story, Olivia! I can't imagine putting a beetle in my mouth to hold it. Wriggling legs!
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