I caught her on her way to the nest in the early evening.
Come and watch how she climbs onto her nest to spend the night on guard.
We could see some little holes appearing in the nest and it will not be long now, before hundreds of babies will crawl up the wall. I only hope that I will be there with my camera to show you the new births.
So in the meantime I am playing the midwife role with my camera and she has become used to the flash.
We named her "Arachne" who was a shepherd's daughter that challenged Athena and Athena turned her into a spider.
At first when she was startled by the flash, she lifted her legs aggressively into an attacking posture, but not anymore.
Slowly and steadily she made her way over to her nest.
Watching me constantly on her way.
She is a Rain Spider (Palystes castaneus).
And finally she has arrived as you can see her peeping at me from the bottom rim of the nest.
I have posted her a few days ago and we are waiting for the birth of the little ones. So many people kill these as they are scared of big spiders, but this one is harmless and a great help with pests around the house. We have her and soon a few more outside the house, while my wife also has 3 or 4 Daddy Longlegs inside the house taking care of the mosquitos. There is much food here for them to hunt, as rain spiders don't build webs to trap insects like the longlegs do, as the rain spiders hunt for their prey.
I hope that you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
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