Griddle readers. I need your help. Please help me identify my new pet. He lives in my community garden plot, and his name is WTF?-Why-Am-I-So-Big-And-Scary.
Hopefully we have some arachnid experts in our midst. Is this guy dangerous or just intimidating?
Picture, after the jump. (Sorry the angle isn’t better; I was scared.)
It can be easy to get discouraged these days. Everywhere we look, there are signs of
Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia executive director Devi Ramkissoon witnessed the importance of local food
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s Air Management Services, the division responsible for monitoring air quality
After serving in the Philadelphia Water Department for seven years in the government affairs and communications
We had come to share stories, mourn the loss of the trees, and build a movement.
Looks like a writing spider (Argiope) . Fascinating/scary, can bite if provoked, but not dangerous to humans. Preys on grasshoppers, aphids, flies, bees or whatever catches in the web.
Looks like a writing spider (Argiope) . Fascinating/scary, can bite if provoked, but not dangerous to humans. Preys on grasshoppers, aphids, flies, bees or whatever catches in the web.
Looks like a writing spider (Argiope) . Fascinating/scary, can bite if provoked, but not dangerous to humans. Preys on grasshoppers, aphids, flies, bees or whatever catches in the web.
I like to use Bug Guide to search out crawlies.
I like to use Bug Guide to search out crawlies.
I like to use Bug Guide to search out crawlies.