I am an odd child. I have a new project. He has eight legs. His name is Jack.
I was helping Chris down his slide (yes, he is a bit of a pansy) and there was the biggest orbweb I have ever seen hanging on the corner of the slide frame. The thing I love about orbwebs are the fact that they build massive webs, and they are all beautiful designs. You see a huge web hanging in your garden, chances are there's an orbweb somewhere nearby.
Later on I was weeding in the garden when I saw a massive glass jar lodged in the dirt. I dug it up, washed it, re-filled it with dirt and sticks and the massive orbweb, and sealed it with hole-poked gladwrap. He is "Jack the arachnid" and he is my baby.
Feeding him? Just switch on you light, stand outside, and away they go, thumping uselessly on the window glass. It's really quite neat watching him eat. He grabs them and soon they begin to rock back and forth as he just sucks their juices from their bodies. It's quite cool to watch...
I am an odd child.