"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> Meet Beautiful Weaver:
> http://i43.tinypic.com/143gpsm.jpg


Wow, this early in the year? A few years ago I had two argiope aurantia
spin webs flanking the back patio. Here's a picture of one of them:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...46690505WRoefs
or
http://tinyurl.com/87jdrdj

Down here they're known as "writing spiders". They're magnificent
creatures. They help keep down the pesky flying insect population.

Jill