Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Yes, it’s a spider. Sorry, arachnophobes. </p><p>This is a yellow garden spider, also known as a writing spider in its web. For <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ManufacturedEcosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManufacturedEcosystems</span></a> this is another imagined animal interaction with a robobee or other pollination drone. Spiders have some PR issues so I don’t know if I can make people empathize with spiders whose food sources are being depleted by the decline in insect pollinators. 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/yellowGardenSpider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yellowGardenSpider</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/spiderWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiderWeb</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollination</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/orbWeaver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orbWeaver</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>