Spider stares

Two jumping spiders. The first is probably Epeus flavobilineatus and the second one is an ant mimic: probably Myrmarachne maxillosa.

"A noiseless, patient spider,    
I mark’d, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated;    
Mark’d how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding,    
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself;    
Ever unreeling them—ever tirelessly speeding them.            
 
And you, O my Soul, where you stand,    
Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space,    
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,—seeking the spheres, to connect them;    
Till the bridge you will need, be form’d—till the ductile anchor hold;    
Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul."

– from "Leaves of Grass", Walt Whitman.

Comments

[Mable]

Superb pictures and a great choice of poetry to match. Thanks for sharing another part of the poem in response to my latest post.

[tscd]

Your camera is good!

[GooglyBear]

In honor of this very rarely-used phrase: They give me the Heebie-Jeebies!

And yes: Camla ter-piat sat, but I think that's missing the point.

;)