Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833 Discussion

Location: Hollister Missouri.. On my front porch... Her name is Tudy Fruity.. I've been putting wild cought crickets in her web.. She has now produced a HUGE egg sack for me. Never seen the male tho. She's close to 2 1/2 3 inch leg span.

9-22-2007

Tudy has now layed her 2nd egg sack!!!

9-30-2007

Well I have some sad news and some good news.. Some of my husbands friends came over I guess they'd been drinking before they got here, well anyways I met them on the front porch and they were talking about how they were going to kill tudy because they didn't like spiders I told them if they dare touch her I was going to really hurt them only in words I cant say on here.. Well they went in and then one guy nick named fatback left and went to talk on his phone.. Then they left and I walked them to the door.. I didn't check on her then but as we were leaving to go out in town Aaron told me tudy isn't there.. I told him he was lieing to me... Well I looked and sure enough her web was destroyed right in the middle where she was.. Like someone came up and just grabbed her off her web and took her web with her as well.. Now I'm sooo P@^%$# that I don't even have words to explain what I feel.. I mean I'll miss her and everything but its more of a disrespect issue then anything because they know I've been taking care of her now for 2 months or more..

Plus I also help plan there wedding and helped them find a house.. And then they go and do that to her and to me.. Some friends they turned out to be .. What's this world coming to anymore? Sorry for the rant had to get it off my chest..

Well the good news is her egg sacs are still there and doing fine.. I just hope she didn't suffer what ever happened to her... I mean I knew I'd lose her in the end but not this way tho.. I'll for ever miss that little bugger..

10-03-2007

Her egg sacs are doing just fine.. I gard them with my life now.. I still go out there and check to see if by some slim chance she's came back but as always no.. I'll keep you all update..