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Missus Orb
by Ann
This magnificent spider set up her web outside the front window of Clunes Neighbourhood House early in 2011. There was some debate about her being allowed to stay, but the majority ruled and for several weeks staff and volunteers and visitors alike enjoyed watching her build her amazingly huge and complex web.
In the background of this shot is the historic old post office, one of the many historic buildings preserved in Clunes, which make up part of the town's wonderful character.
Missus Orb thrived and grew to an enormous size, catching and storing flies in a long string woven above her central position in the web. Suitors came and went - brave little souls only a fraction of her size.
Finally, a few weeks after taking this photo, I found Missus Orb still and dead in a bush below her web, after an intense hailstorm. I don't know if it was a hailstone or the cold which finally did her in. With a sense of loss I cleaned away the huge web, and wondered if next year one of her daughters might set up a home in the same spot. I hope so.
Missus Orb
by Ann
This magnificent spider set up her web outside the front window of Clunes Neighbourhood House early in 2011. There was some debate about her being allowed to stay, but the majority ruled and for several weeks staff and volunteers and visitors alike enjoyed watching her build her amazingly huge and complex web.
In the background of this shot is the historic old post office, one of the many historic buildings preserved in Clunes, which make up part of the town's wonderful character.
Missus Orb thrived and grew to an enormous size, catching and storing flies in a long string woven above her central position in the web. Suitors came and went - brave little souls only a fraction of her size.
Finally, a few weeks after taking this photo, I found Missus Orb still and dead in a bush below her web, after an intense hailstorm. I don't know if it was a hailstone or the cold which finally did her in. With a sense of loss I cleaned away the huge web, and wondered if next year one of her daughters might set up a home in the same spot. I hope so.