tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post4710724659567953226..comments2024-03-28T15:15:32.175+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: WebsKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-85511608165519504412014-10-22T23:34:17.162+02:002014-10-22T23:34:17.162+02:00Thank you, chm....
the French language has many mo...Thank you, chm....<br />the French language has many more apt expressions / names...<br />one of my favourites is Flambe for the Scarce Swallowtail butterfly...<br />a much better description of the look.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-2378322748482348572014-10-21T20:50:29.756+02:002014-10-21T20:50:29.756+02:00webs are lovelywebs are lovelyGosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9910859523371845222014-10-21T14:33:53.971+02:002014-10-21T14:33:53.971+02:00Spiders flying on kites, virgin's sons- intere...Spiders flying on kites, virgin's sons- interesting things I never knew about until this blog!Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77996877718156669322014-10-21T13:14:58.715+02:002014-10-21T13:14:58.715+02:00Fabulous photo, Ken!Fabulous photo, Ken!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-56505847594597242002014-10-21T12:15:47.858+02:002014-10-21T12:15:47.858+02:00Tim: ''Those "blobs" of spiders ...Tim: ''Those "blobs" of spiders web floating by" are called <i>fils de la Vierge</i> in French. Depending on how you pronounce <i>fils</i>, you get two different answers. Either Virgin's threads, as it is here, or Virgin's sons, which is at least one too many!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-48906813294416113132014-10-21T09:16:21.682+02:002014-10-21T09:16:21.682+02:00Ken, you are right...
they are there all Summer......Ken, you are right...<br />they are there all Summer...<br />but only really this visible on dewy mornings!<br />However, now, we are getting a lot more because the new spiders that have grown from the early hatchings...<br />have started building in earnest.<br />Probably, like you, my picture library is littered with these shots...<br />because, like this one, they are just so attractive!!<br />I particularly like the fact that this is on a fresh umbel, not a dead one...<br />it adds something extra.<br /><br />Also visible, now, are all the flying spiders...<br /><i>that's one for all arachnophobes</i>...<br />when you next see one of those "blobs" of spiders web floating by on a breezy day...<br />there will be a tiny spider attached to a line at the bottom.<br />They create a "kite" and feed it into the wind...<br />when they feel a good pull on their line, they let go and drift.<br />When they can go no further...<br />they either crawl up the line to the stuck kite and eat it... <br />so that they can fly again...<br />or if the wind had dropped, they haul the kite back in to consume...<br />ready for re-use.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-39830066268834644912014-10-21T07:36:59.780+02:002014-10-21T07:36:59.780+02:00looks like crystals on a thread.looks like crystals on a thread.anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.com