Even the cobweb weavers around the house are having Thanksgiving feasts. This one is on my front porch, and it has appropriately substituted a wolf spider for the turkey.

This is a reminder that those little cobweb weavers in the corners of the house can catch big critters too. The venom of many spiders only acts locally around the bite, but cobweb weaver venom contains a neurotoxin that attacks the entire nervous system. Anything caught in its web is fair game.

Actually, I took this photo on November 21st, the night before Turkey Day, just as the cold front was sweeping across Austin. Today the spider is hiding beneath an oak leaf that is suspended in the web (click on the image), waiting for the warm weather to return.