Spiderwebs: Patterns from God

Every year our back porch awning provides shelter for Barn Spiders, usually of the species Neoscona crucifera. One night I caught one of them in the act of building her web for the night (they always take it down by morning). The geometrical weaving skill of spiders never ceases to amaze me! Since they can't step back and look at the big picture, how do they know how to build their species' particular kind of web? And why are there so many different web structures? The answer is God, plain and simple. Completely unaware of themselves, they weave intricate webs from the pattern He gave them, and in the process they glorify their Creator. The webs aren't perfect of course, and they serve a predaceous purpose, but their very existence is a testament to the Father, who provided spiders with such tools for survival after Sin entered the world and turned all creatures against one another. He crafted them with love, just as He did us, and I defy anyone to say that these creatures originated from a lump of matter millions of years ago. Perhaps the first spiders were similar to the omnivorous Harvestmen (non-spinning arachnids which eat solid food), but ate only plant matter. I'd like to think that on the New Earth, we will be able to commune with spiders as with other formerly dangerous creatures.

Measuring out a line...

A line of water droplets formed from the recent rain.

She has a globule of water near her mouth.

"Oooo...mosquito!" However, she ignored the trapped insect for the rest of the shoot.

Using more light, I was able to get some interesting photos...