The much maligned and mythologized Latrodectus, or black widow spider, remains a terrifying sight for unsuspecting humans. I captured the about shot near my home. This is a female, known by her distinct red hourglass on her abdomen. She spun her web inside what appears to be a mole's entrance hole, which is a good spot for her credulous and curious prey (insects, not moles or people).
Jonathan Edwards said, "of all insects, no one is more wonderful than the spider, especially with respect to their sagacity admirable way of working." God, with His wonderful creativity, detailed the black widow as a powerful predator and a giant in her universe. She has a hard exterior for defense, spins a silk that is among the largest in diameter in the world to catch fast and heavy prey, as well as a venom 15 times more potent than that of rattlesnakes. She is fast, with an acute sense when prey touches her web, quickly wrapping her victim and injecting a digestive enzyme before carrying it into the rear defenses of her web for safe dining. The delicacy of this planet that houses the living is known on the micro and macro level. Such fine detail, such intricate work, such fine tuned engineering gives praise to our Maker, even such His creativity in such a fearfully made creature as the black widow spider.
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