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Nature's Lace

A spider web is nature's lace, a symmetrical work of wonder. Well, a sticky, deadly trap if you're an insect. Then you become just another tasty morsel for the predacious, albeit artistic, spider. Watching an orb weaver or garden spider maneuver a web...

Web Weaver
Web Weaver

ORB WEAVER at work. The end product is nature's lace and an engineering feat, and, if she's lucky, a feast tonight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Intricate lace
Intricate lace

SPIDER ART is a combination of delicacy and strength. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Tags: nature's lace (1), spider (19), web weaver (2)

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