Along came a spider...

I had absolutely nothing to do today: no homework, no class, no anything. To cure my boredom I decided to take on a challenge. Some readers shared their disbelief of the improvements I have made regarding my arachnophobia.  Because I had nothing to do and wanted to go outside, I chose to hunt for spiders to further show that I am conquering my fears.

Weird? I'd say so. Interesting? Yes. Scary? Just a little. 

During my search in the neighborhood I encountered plenty of spiders. The spectrum of spiders I found in such a small area (I just looked around two streets), amazes me. They're actually pretty cool creatures. And for the record, I was really close to the spiders and I didn't even freak out. 

Big brown spider (In the middle of the picture)

This guy was hard to take a picture of because I think he knew I was there watching him. He tried to hide from me in the nest located in the middle of his massive messy web. I snagged this picture, but it doesn't do justice for his size, impressive web, and overall ability to be a frightening arachnid.

White dangling spider

White spider on the tip of a leaf

Gold spider under his web

Tiny spider floating in his web

Spider hiding in the corner 

Fiesta spider! 

(This is the most colorful spider I found)