I am grateful to this spider for having a web that is so conspicuously messy. Syd said it’s apparently a highly venomous spider (he used the word “deadly”). It was a face level, in the middle of my path. Which would not have been fun even if it weren’t deadly.
Apologies for the blurry photo. Even though it didn’t move once, for some reason I didn’t feel like leaving my hand on the wall longer than necessary, next to this little visitor to our country house.
Like the large frog that appeared inside a couple weeks ago, I saw no reason to evict it. It’s welcome to use the space while we’re not there.
Unless, of course, it decides to lay eggs and produce a thousand more Itsy Bitsies….
We don’t often see tarantulas in this part of the country, but have seen some that make this look like a baby.