Or not so itsy bitsy. This yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) is freakin' huge, and I don't like her. But Vinomaker loves her, in fact he has given her a name - Sylvia. Lovely!
Sylvia got in my way this morning as I was finishing securing the bird netting on the Pinot grigio vines. Luckily, later in the day, she moved from right below the fruiting wire to just above the drip line enabling me to complete this particular vineyard op. Still, I wasn't happy about being in such close proximity to this leggy femme fatale (there was something grotesquely parceled up to her right), but I tolerated her presence as she is an important part of the predator/prey food web that ensures that Vinoland is, for the most part, a naturally pest free zone. But still, don't like it.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
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