Permanently parked, Newcastle, Texas
Another photo taken on back land near Fort Belknap. The Brazos River is about 400 yards to the right of this spot. This is an area that has a number of old rusting "dead" farm machines, as well as a few sheds and barns that aren't good for anything except serving as homes for local wildlife.
This was taken back in September of 2005 during a time of an exploding population of big yellow grasshoppers. My sister hated walking through tall grass and weeds here, always wanted me to lead the way. Nature has a way of sometimes "balancing things", which is what we saw happening here. Whatever conditions created the bumper crop of hoppers, also created a huge population of Golden Garden Spiders... which feast on them. There webs were everywhere, almost all having one or more bundled up hoppers hanging in them. This was by far the largest number of these spiders we've encountered anywhere... a true arachnophobe's nightmare, and the reason Susie had me "break trail" for her. But, whether you like spiders, or not... if you want to get interesting pics, you sometimes have to put up with creepy situations.
Taken with my second digital camera, a Kodak DX6490
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Permanently parked, Newcastle, Texas
Another photo taken on back land near Fort Belknap. The Brazos River is about 400 yards to the right of this spot. This is an area that has a number of old rusting "dead" farm machines, as well as a few sheds and barns that aren't good for anything except serving as homes for local wildlife.
This was taken back in September of 2005 during a time of an exploding population of big yellow grasshoppers. My sister hated walking through tall grass and weeds here, always wanted me to lead the way. Nature has a way of sometimes "balancing things", which is what we saw happening here. Whatever conditions created the bumper crop of hoppers, also created a huge population of Golden Garden Spiders... which feast on them. There webs were everywhere, almost all having one or more bundled up hoppers hanging in them. This was by far the largest number of these spiders we've encountered anywhere... a true arachnophobe's nightmare, and the reason Susie had me "break trail" for her. But, whether you like spiders, or not... if you want to get interesting pics, you sometimes have to put up with creepy situations.
Taken with my second digital camera, a Kodak DX6490
100-7676