We found Lucy on New Years day, I’m thinking she’s a Golden Orb Weaver. She has strung up her massive web in the sun room and we have been studying her daily ever since. In this photo the children are learning that Orb Spiders do not eat noodles. Eli thought he would share his lunch with her as he thought her choice of Fly Sandwich wasn’t very appetizing. However she thought the same about his noodle and once she finished sucking on her fly she deftly removed the offending human food from her web and threw it back on the table.
Lucy a few weeks later and almost twice the size. The kids were amazed to see her catch a dragonfly larger than herself and eat it. Mind you if you want to see what the giant Orb can get up to have a look here, that’s Australian wild life for you. We have also noticed she’s not the best at house work never cleaning her web instead preferring to leave trophy carcases in a long line behind her.
Interest in our new guest has sparked a lot of trampoline entomology lessons. Look at that Science/ nature studies/reading and I haven’t had to plan a thing.
Over the summer, a garden spider set up shop on our porch. She was amazing to watch. A very cool lesson for kiddos and adults alike.
I love this. Your kids are getting the best upbringing, discovering and learned every day.
We had a little spider in the office that I was talking to all the staff about how beautiful the web was that it was in the process of building. By the end of the day it was a great fully completed web. I was fasinated as it was just over the main office desk.
Next morning totally gone… Possibly I should have left a note for the cleaner not to touch….Oh well it is probebly against some sort of government ledlistation to have office pets!!!!!!!!!