An interesting phenomenon in the Farm Stud household. This I noticed on New Year's Eve 2011 into New Year's day 2012, while sipping wine on the verandah and soaking in the cool night air.
There was this spider in the middle of its web which was suspended from the rafters of the verandah almost halfway down. I was amazed at the size of the thing sitting and waiting for juicy prey to innocently fly through the air and see its life flashing before its eyes as it gets stuck in the web (a bit high on the wine).
Tractor Chick: I wonder what it would do if I blew at the spider and the web.
Farm Stud: It's not hurting anyone so leave it alone.
Tractor Chick: I'm going to try anyway.
The spider & web wiggled a little bit.
Tractor Chick: It's not doing anything.
Farm Stud: Stop tormenting the thing. It's not hurting anyone.
Tractor Chick: Oh alright.
The next morning, I wandered onto the verandah to check out the web & the spider & guess what? It wasn't there! Both the spider and the web weren't there! Where'd it go? Overnight?
It's a strange spider because ever since then, we have noticed that the web disappears by morning but appears when the dark of night sets in. I can actually imagine it rolling up the web when the sun is about to rise and rolls it out, like a carpet, when it starts to get dark.
Hmm...like a nomad who has to keep moving his tent!
