The outdoor friend is a very large spider hanging out on the deck, having spun a massive web at the edge of it. I first spotted the spider sitting square in the middle of it but my presence freaked him out and he retreated to a safe position off the web and above it, moving incredibly swiftly in a diagonal line. Sadly today when I checked the spider was still in his safe spot but most of the web had been obliterated, probably due to the storm that swept in earlier today. I am hoping the spider rebuilds because it’s one of the biggest I’ve seen recently.
Tub spider was just that, a large (but not outdoor friend large) spider roaming about the bathtub in the main bathroom. Since there’s no obvious way to get in the tub except via the drain (if you’re a spider, that is), I’m assuming that was where he came in from, but it was clear that even if it was he was in no hurry to return to it. He kept lapping the tub, neatly avoiding the drain each time he neared it. I decided to leave him be, thinking he would eventually give up and return to the drain.
The next day he was still skittering around the tub as before.
The day after that he was no longer skittering. He was sitting, perhaps pondering his probably terrible fate. It was then I fished him up in a glass and found him to still be very agile. I took him outside and tossed him onto the lawn, just past the massive web of his outdoor friend. I like to think he’s off happily hunting bugs now and will know to stay away from drains. I may be expecting too much.
This concludes another “I don’t step on spiders” post.
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