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Author Topic: who did this? plants 'n pots Garden Pro! Member # 1672 posted                       When I went outside this morning as my daughter was leaving for school, I found 4 of these webs in one garden area. Two were over plants, and two were over rocks lining the path in the garden. What kind of spider does this, and will it harm my plants... or me??? bbbbbbbbb Lynne's knitting journal "I'm spayed, declawed, and housebound - how's YOUR day going???" Posts: 17066 | From: Rockland County, NY | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Logged: 67.84.51.43 catlover The Cheetah! Member # 654 posted                       Plants n' pots I am having the similar thing here in Calif. That is the plant where that BIG HUGE spider came out of before. On my cactus succulent cluster there are about 5 of those webs with holes leading deep between the leaves. Doesn't do any good to keep ripping out the web...they just build them right back by morning! bbbbbbbbb Posts: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Logged: 68.66.244.5 plants 'n pots Garden Pro! Member # 1672 posted                       Interesting, catlover... I did notice one large hole in 3 out of the 4 webs. The webs seem to have disappeared when the sun temporarily came out this morning, Of course we had torrential rain AGAIN this afternoon, so it would have wiped them out anyway. I'll have to see if the webs return tomorrow morning. I get really creeped out with large spiders, and am afraid of their bites. When I lived in Reno, a friend of a friend had been bitten by a brown recluse spider on the leg and was having to go through skin grafts because the skin was completely eaten away down to the bone! SCARY STUFF!!! bbbbbbbbb Lynne's knitting journal "I'm spayed, declawed, and housebound - how's YOUR day going???" Posts: 17066 | From: Rockland County, NY | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Logged: 67.84.51.43 loz guests posted                 Oooo, Lynne.....I have no idea what spider would cause those but it would scare me to death I'm okay with most bugs--but I've always been freaked out by spiders....goes back to the days of my sister making me hold her humungous tarantula.... That scarred me for life against spiders.... Let us know if you see anything......those webs are big and frightening.....at least they are to me.... Logged: 63.49.143.112 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Lynne, I have no idea of the name of the spider, but we have those here, I have never had a problem with them. Same thing here as well, when the dew is on them, they are very easily seen, but as the sun dries them up, they disappear. The big hole in the web that looks like a tunnel is their "living area". They catch alot of flies or bugs in the webs. And have never noticed them to hurt the plants, but if it's something that needs to be done, I'm sure a gentle swiping away will clear the web... I've never had any problem with them... Actually beneficial for eatin' BUGS!!! Weezie bbbbbbbbb Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Posts: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Logged: 24.49.111.30 sibyl Garden Pro! Member # 2417 posted                       i was just digging up a bulb bed today & dug up a big spider, with bout a hundred baby spiders on its back ! had my son put em in a jar & take em waaaaay over in the rose bushes i know i wasnt gonna do it . yep weezies right there good for the gardens. bbbbbbbbb Posts: 5109 | From: p.a zone-6a | Registered: May 2004  |  Logged: 12.161.193.1 catlover The Cheetah! Member # 654 posted                       Weezie...I have gone out day after day and removed the messed up their webs and it still comes back the next night! I have gone out many a night with the ol flashlight but NOTHING!!! Maybe I need to keep it up for a month. Hate to spray...may kill my plant...I wish he/they/it would just move on to the neighbors property. tee hee hee! bbbbbbbbb Posts: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Logged: 68.66.244.5 Eugene Carroll Great Gardener Member # 2746 posted                    The spider might like that plant because it's providing food in the form of bugs. If you get rid of the spider, you may expose your plant to more bugs. I'd just wipe it away like you're doing. Posts: 36 | From: Columbus, OH | Registered: Jun 2004  |  Logged: 156.63.195.2

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