I was quite surprised when I found the photo of the writing spider in action...most of the slides that I come across, I don't remember taking. There are a few that bring back vivid memories, but even those are more of the emotions of the moment rather than remembering exactly when or where. From what someone else told me on another post, what we always called a writing spider is actually an orb spider. Very harmless, except to the victims that get caught in its web.