Hello Everyone,
Today I stumbled upon a spider in my kitchen.
Check this thing out...
I was informed by a friend that this is of the Latrodectus genus, a very venomous spider. The recommendation was to get rid of it immediately and I did just that. I feel pretty lucky to have captured this gif anyway.
I also managed to capture some photographs of a Giant Swallowtail butterfly. Considered to be a pest to lime trees. It was most likely laying eggs on my lemon tree and was the reason I was provided with an opportunity to capture the largest butterfly in this region. It can span as wide as six inches in its wingspan.
All of these photos above are crops from a bigger image. I cropped them out for the zooming effect it creates.
To get an idea of the size of this butterfly I will include one of the original uncropped.
I got a good look at it a couple of times when it was most likely laying eggs on the lemon tree (will need to check for that later) and would estimate it's wingspan to be about four or five inches.
It's definitely majestic and beautiful and I don't know if it's rare around here or not, but I certainly will not kill it if I see it again. I'll just remove the eggs if it laid any.
I would not have even known it was a pest to lemon trees had I not done the research.
The spider on the other hand was dangerous to keep around, otherwise I would have let it live like I do with centipedes when I see them.
What do you think of these creatures?
I'd love to read your thoughts in the comment section!
Thank you for stopping by!
Have a good day! -
