fourth time!

I think I have a new girlfriend. I passed her a fourth time during my Wednesday-night walk. I took a photo of her while I was on my way toward the Han River, then on my way back, as I passed her again, I took a video that I uploaded and embedded right here. Here's the pic:

silhouette

And here's a brief video (blow it up and watch it at full size):

So these American-style orb-weavers come out in the summer, and the Korean orb-weavers don't show up until September or so, as the weather gets cooler. Korean orb-weavers, with their bright, fat abdomens, are everywhere by October. It's as if these spiders work in shifts.