Symi Spiders
They’re back! Well, one of the is anyway, but it’s gone now. You will have to excuse the low-quality image today, I was in the process of breaking the record for the 100-yard dash when I took it.
These things, referred to here as ‘Symi Spiders’ are, apparently, unique to the island – well, so I am told, but probably not. I was also told they were an Asian Tarantula, but I’ve never been close enough to one to ask. This young chap (you can tell it’s young as it’s only a few inches long – the photo on the wall below it is about 12 inches wide, and I was ten feet away, if that helps with scale), was just hanging there one night, probably having come in from the mousandra where there well may be a colony of them. Neil fetched one of those unnecessary plastic containers you get at the supermarket when you buy even just one a slice of ham and trapped it humanely. He usually picks them up, eek, but it was hard to reach. I was going to take a closer shot of it but was too busy climbing off the balcony at the time. He took it up the lane, or it took him, and left it safely in someone else’s house… No, he put it among the rocks and stones and told it not to come back. It’s a bit early for them. I don’t usually see them until May, but maybe recent warm weather has brought them out ahead of time. Anyway, that’s enough about them, here are two more random shots of Symi to take your mind of the spiders (which are harmless, by the way).
