Nope, it's not an ARGH-ee-OPE! I hope you have not stumbled with me into the sticky web of mispronunciation in public! It's a scary place, with
old family baggage covered in cobwebs.
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| Rory Meyers Children's Adventure Garden 8/15/2014 |
George the giant giraffe loves gelato. The black and yellow
Argiope aurantia prefers grasshopper smoothies. She does not dip crispy critters in Ranch!
Argiope is Latin for “with bright face” (Cameron 2005);
aurantia, in Latin, basically means “overlaid with gold”.
The first time I spotted an Argiope wrapping a grasshopper was out at
Oak Point in 2010. This spider lady is a fabulous
"visual aid" teaching tool at my new job. I still worry about saying her name incorrectly, so I asked some kids what her name should be. They liked Sophia for the spider.
"This is probably a bogus fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology. Perhaps it's just fear of mispronouncing them!" My own mispronunciation fears go beyond scientific words into the names of famous musical composers. It defies diagnosis and treatment, like a recurring phantom rash.
The following photos were all taken at Oak Point Nature Preserve.
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| July 21, 2013 Dragonfly for dinner |
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| September 9, 2011 |
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| November 14, 2011 |
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| June 25, 2013 |
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| Halloween 2011 |
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Sophia Louise
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