Wild Spood Ani: Her web design has become more complex with supporting strands strategically placed for maximum strength and prey trapping area. #wildspoodani #wildspood #spiders #neoscona #crucifera #orbweavers

Wild Spood Ani: We found her! She’s taken up a space out of the way, and the move appears lucrative as her web shows signs of catches and consumption. #wildspoodani #wildspood #orbweaver #spiders #neosconacrucifera

Wild Spood Ani: She was feeling shy but tolerant. I hoped I wouldn’t irritate her as I attempted bracketing to get her eyes and all her tiny little hairs. #wildspood #wildspoodAni #spider #orbweaver

Wild Spood Ani: I finally caught her eyes. Spotted Orbweavers are also known as the “cat face” weaver. I’m pretty sure it is Ani’s kind who were the basis for Charlotte’s Web. No, she’s not written any fabulous messages. But her webs are spectacular. #wildspood #wildspoodAni #orbweaver #spider

Saturday Afternoon: So this little spood showed up in my bedroom window between the glass and the screen. From my identification searches this tiny sweetie is likely a Ribbon Jumping Spider (Metacyrba taeniola). We’ll watch our little nomad and see. #wildspood #spiders

Wild Spood Ani: This beautiful sunbather is a Spotted Orbweaver, Crucifera Neoscona Araneidae. I think she’s growing to trust me. She could live for one or two years. But for now, WSA is part of our family. #wildspood #wildspoodAni #spiders #orbweavers

Wild Spood Ani: Looks like it was a quiet night for our wild spooder. She was snoozing when I greeted her this morning. #wildspood #wildspoodAni #spiders #orbweaver

#wildspoodAni: She’s already hard at work building tonight’s web. She takes it down every morning but leaves a single strand from the shrub limb to the rose stem. No sign of the suitor. #wildspood

Saturday Night: Our rescued wild spood, Ani working her magic building a spectacular web. Her missing right anterior leg doesn’t seem to hinder her progress at all. She is as safe as a #wildspood can be.