Oct. 20, 2008 - Only a homeschool mom!

For my blogging friends, you know how you see something, take a picture, think about blogging it and don’t get around to it?  Well this is one of these from back in the summer.  Only a homeschool mom would do this.  Any other mom in her right mind would knock it down with a broom and squash it or quickly run for a can of spray but not a homeschool mom!  We found this interesting creature on a hibiscus bush in our front yard right next to our driveway.  Now we live in Michigan which is not known for such a tropical looking species.  I thought maybe it was something that escaped from the zoo it was so big!  I’ve lived in MI all my life and never seen one.   Can you guess what it is?  Of course I did what any good homeschool mom would do, I did an internet search.  Turns out it’s a black and yellow  Argiope spider. I figured we’d watch it for awhile before I destroyed it.  We did for a couple weeks and then it just disappeared web and all!  According to the information on the site about it, it’s likely it’s lifespan was over but where is it’s egg sack or sacks?  As fun as it was to watch I’m not sure I want 400-1500 babies come next spring!  Here's a site I found with lots of information on this spider if you're interested.

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Oct. 27, 2008 - Eeesh...

Posted by HoneyBee10269

I thought we had some creepy looking things here in Florida...but that is really scary looking! I'm glad it's in Michigan and not here...but then again I didn't go to the link and read about it so who knows it might be here! Thanks for stopping by...hopefully soon we'll get the faucet installed...with me being sick the last couple months, and all the other stuff going on...and now Brian's parents are arriving tomorrow from NH it probably won't happen til after they go back home...but I'll be sure to post about it once it's all up and running!!!

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