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nonionay ([personal profile] nonionay) wrote2006-04-12 07:30 pm
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More adventures in spiderland.

Last night I opened my big window, and soon, a cranefly flew in. Ah, it's that time of year, I thought. (The damned things keep me up at night with their flap-flap-flap.) Later, just as I was about to turn out the light and go to sleep, this wriggling, thready ball falls mext to me. It's the whispery spider and the cranefly. I now understand why the spider's legs are so ridiculously long --it wrapped that fly up without even touching it. Eventually, the spider gave up, and started trekking towards the foot of my bed.

Not wanting to see a good meal go to waste (the cranefly's body is bigger than the spiders!) I put the tangled bug on top of Wano Ee. (the plush iguana above my bed, only a foot below the spider's perch. The web takes up the entire area, and Wano Ee is sprinkled with dessicated moth corpses.) Knowing the spider would have a tough trip back, I picked it up and put in on Wano Ee as well. Nonchalantly, it ascended into its invisible labyrinth. The cranefly flapped about a bit more, but didn't keep me up. The next morning,, and right now, the spider is munching away.
Ah nature, one foot from my face.

[identity profile] pussinboots.livejournal.com 2006-04-13 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You spoil that damn spider. When my arachnids drop their food on the floor, I let the dog eat it goddamnit, and the spiders can go hungry!


Haha seriously, that's pretty cool. My spiders live too far away from where I live for me to care. They all live in the corners by the window, which is an area I don't pay a lot of attention to. Also since my walls are dark it's really hard to watch them. I've been thinking of painting though...