As many of you know, I look for inspiration for writing in my journal. One source I've found is the book "Hal Borland's Book of Days". It has a short essay for every day of the year. Today's essay is about spiders, and he particularly mentions orb-weaver spiders and his observation that their webs, though undoubtably beautiful, are not as geometrically perfect as some opine.
Here's a great link for learning about the orb-weaver spiders that can be found in Kentucky:
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/spiders/orbweavers/orb.htm
It has some great info there, such as: Did you know that an orb-weaver spider called the Arrowhead Spider (Verrucosa arenata) is common in Kentucky and is named for a white or yellow pattern on its abdomen? Also noted is that they "are notorious for building webs across forest trails at face-level."
I imagine that dream catchers are also inspired by the webs of orb-weaver spiders.
http://www.dream-catchers.org/
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