Monday, June 23, 2008

Seeing one's name in nature...

I'm trying not to let it go to my head, but really...how many people have had spiders write their names. This little guy is commonly known as the Writing Spider, aptly named as the manner in which if forms its webs often results in there being embedded letters. This spider is clearly sharper than most.

Interestingly, the spider in Charlotte's Web was not a Writing Spider but an Orb Spider (this as she gives her full name as "Charlotte A[raneus] Cavatica", the later two being the scientific name for the orb spider. Personally, my favorite edition was that illustrated by Leonard Weisgard (but I am very partial to his work.

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At 3:22 PM , Blogger Patty said...

Ian, have you seen the website that Leonard's children have done? http://www.leonardweisgard.com/ Very nice. xoxoxoxoxxx

 

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