spiders

My lovely wife Jo-anne has been in South America the last couple weeks doing field research on Argentine ants while I tend the home fires here in Tucson. I hope she finds it in her to forgive me for the post I am about to write. Earlier today I got an email explaining why I'm not getting my much-awaited phone call: I'd call but there aren't any phones at this locutorio and we're on our way out to look for social spiders." Excuse me? Social spiders? More important than me, your needy hubby? Ok, I grant that social spiders are pretty cool, if a bit creepy. I remember those things from when…
  Nephila sp. Giant Silk Spider Panama   details: Canon 100mm macro lens on a Canon 20D f/2.8, 1/200 sec, ISO 400 handheld, natural light levels adjusted in Photoshop