tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post1455208259742034125..comments2024-03-28T06:48:42.379-05:00Comments on MrBrownThumb: What's the Benefit of Having Spiders in the Garden?MrBrownThumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326733084344581944noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-19352095946234443562015-05-18T07:35:52.391-05:002015-05-18T07:35:52.391-05:00How do you know if you have too many spiders?How do you know if you have too many spiders?Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816700448235428981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-47885646829870972692014-07-16T16:23:20.691-05:002014-07-16T16:23:20.691-05:00But, unfortunately, are very noisy. The frogs in m...But, unfortunately, are very noisy. The frogs in my parents' pond used to keep me up all night.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990475772640483699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-37476939346867239012013-09-01T01:52:50.168-05:002013-09-01T01:52:50.168-05:00frogs and toads eat slugs and snails, get a small ...frogs and toads eat slugs and snails, get a small water feature and they will come, harmless to plants but are like hoovers with the snails and slugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-56502400536058009022013-08-28T23:04:48.341-05:002013-08-28T23:04:48.341-05:00I found your article trying to understand the bene...I found your article trying to understand the benefits to having garden spiders in my backyard. Recently, I have discovered three garden spiders each night I turn the outside light on and off before I go to sleep making sure wild animals are not getting into my garden utilizing it for a buffet. This is a true story so hold on. Last night I could not sleep, so I went outside in my backyard and noticed two very big spiders I identified as garden spiders. One was in the middle of its web and the other on the side. They both managed to spin a web between my Crape Myrtle and my house. Very large web. Then I notice something odd. Might I add again that both spiders are big. The bigger of the two spiders (the one in the middle of the web) traversed across the web to meet the other one. In the mist of all this, I am wondering what in the world was going to happen. My curiosity got the best of me, so I waited and assessed each movement. I waited about five minutes and the smaller spider went up to the other and simultaneously took its front legs and started what looked like a tapping motion on top of the other spiders front legs. To me it looked as if they were communicating in some ironic way. The irony gets better. The tapping went on for a short time. Then both of them waited about two or three minutes and like wrestlers, they locked up and attacked each other. I assessed their intriguing behavior and waited about twenty minutes. They were still in a lock. At this point, I had two thoughts. One, both spiders were at war battling for one web (was it spider man or was it his clone who would triumph). Second, they were playing Marvin Gay (the song will never be the same for some of you). After twenty minutes, I grew tired and before I went to sleep I said to myself, "I will check to see who won the battle tomorrow night." The next night when the sun set ................. both spiders were there. Marvin, you are the man! This was an awesome experience. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-7884310077267973382012-09-30T10:00:34.913-05:002012-09-30T10:00:34.913-05:00I found your article while looking for the life cy...I found your article while looking for the life cycle of a garden spider. I've lived here 12 years and each year one builds her nest in the corner of my picture window. I hate spiders and they give me chills but this ritual has become a tolerable exercise. I can observe her from inside and out. From inside without hair raising fear and we have developed a margin of respect. I will never love spiders but she and her offspring are allowed to share a small corner of shelter that my window provides.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-81855114920887351752012-08-10T17:10:28.505-05:002012-08-10T17:10:28.505-05:00What a great article. You really helped me see the...What a great article. You really helped me see the positive side to these buggers. I have been so frightened in the past when I run into webs without knowing and find a hitch hiking spider on my shoulder or chest. My husband always knows when this happens because he can hear a scream coming from the garden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-12187530259606022052011-07-21T00:54:16.418-05:002011-07-21T00:54:16.418-05:00Yeah, I get ya. I get lots of spiders in my evergr...Yeah, I get ya. I get lots of spiders in my evergreen bushes and my creeping phlox. If they get too thick I blast them with the 'jet' setting on my hose sprayer. Spiders way creep me out, but I leave them alone for the most part...unless they exceed certain size limitations. For instance I was watering the other day and saw one that was so large I could see the hairs on its legs...it was so big it was staring me down. I blasted it with the jet setting...it scuttled away. I had the willies for the rest of the day. LOL.GardenMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583373530917618835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-54337669665544180622011-07-20T16:51:58.938-05:002011-07-20T16:51:58.938-05:00I can relate, as I HATE spiders with a passion. T...I can relate, as I HATE spiders with a passion. They creep me out. However I have learned to live with them outside. I have so many garden spiders, and they don't bother me (as long as they don't touch me). I don't fling them, but I will take a stick and move them elsewhere if they are in my way. However if they were in my house, it would be a totally different story.Hosta Nerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03391169245975223743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-60721566302559628872011-07-20T15:59:56.187-05:002011-07-20T15:59:56.187-05:00This post made me laugh too! I currently have 3 g...This post made me laugh too! I currently have 3 golden orb weavers in 2 of my planting beds (these suckers are HUGE) with beautiful orbs and shoestrings. I also have a little guy building a web from the overhanging Mulberry tree to the roof of my car. Every morning when I go to school, I get a large, long stick and gently prod him back up into the tree before I wrench his home out from under him as I back out of the driveway. <br /><br />Thanks for spreading the good word about our little 8-legged garden friends - so misunderstood are they!Jennie Wojtaszekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03793339575309586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-17209370969710848042011-07-20T11:48:35.630-05:002011-07-20T11:48:35.630-05:00This post made, me laugh. I've often tried to ...This post made, me laugh. I've often tried to tell myself they are a good thing to have in the garden, but often found myself killing them when one would pop out and end up on my glove (followed by me doing a "i just had a spider on me..bleh!" danceFinding My Green Thumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502237740503478314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-65268828274871399222011-07-20T00:53:17.834-05:002011-07-20T00:53:17.834-05:00Good to know spiders eat pests. Ok I shall not kil...Good to know spiders eat pests. Ok I shall not kill them or even spoil their web/home next time :-DStephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867061279916535777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-10874938616193303432011-07-19T22:52:29.727-05:002011-07-19T22:52:29.727-05:00Love the spider web--it's hard to get the ligh...Love the spider web--it's hard to get the light right to photograph them! As you know, I love spiders. I just take any I find indoors outdoors. I just wish I had bats. (No, "in the belfry" doesn't count. Thanks for asking!)Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-77249703108367839032011-07-19T22:46:11.257-05:002011-07-19T22:46:11.257-05:00I like spiders in the garden! Funny we should both...I like spiders in the garden! Funny we should both posted spiders in gardens in the same day.NakhodaTengganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00706961942953194156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-39551074498423452512011-07-19T19:52:25.462-05:002011-07-19T19:52:25.462-05:00Too bad they don't eat slugs...Too bad they don't eat slugs...Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-24835912143313208912011-07-19T18:14:05.319-05:002011-07-19T18:14:05.319-05:00Thanks, Webb. It looks a little blurry. If I had k...Thanks, Webb. It looks a little blurry. If I had known uploading it to Blogger would've made it look less sharp I would've processed it some more. That is a very astute and funny observation about spiders. I wonder if they know how dumb they are. :0)MrBrownThumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326733084344581944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-33673779235571267072011-07-19T18:02:35.628-05:002011-07-19T18:02:35.628-05:00What a great photo! I love spider webs - even whe...What a great photo! I love spider webs - even when I have to walk thru them to get to the car every morning! Guess spiders aren't all that smart if they re-build in the same place day after day, only to get them torn down by folks like me!webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168174623602308906noreply@blogger.com