Re: spiders

Probably other spiders :o)!

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Jul 9, 2007, at 10:36 PM, Theresa W wrote:

> So--- have you found anything to get rid of them?  What are  
> spiders' natural predator?  Something must eat them??
>
> Theresa
>
> Jesse Bell wrote:
>> I have those same spiders too. Water hose doesn't stop them, they are
>> back the next day. Brooms don't stop them. They build webs from one
>> potted plant to the next. They seem worse this year for some reason.
>>   Theresa W <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>   Does anyone know of a relatively nontoxic way to get rid of  
>> spiders? We have so many around the outside of the house this  
>> year, that you can't walk out the back door without getting web in  
>> your face. Also, the same is true on many plants. There are webs  
>> all over my pyracantha- to the point that it is really ugly. Since  
>> it never rains here, they don't get cleaned off. Its just a mess.  
>> I like the regular garden spiders- with their lovely symetrical  
>> webs- they are fine. It is all the other ones (especially the one  
>> that keeps building a web over my mason bee box everyday!!) that  
>> I've got to do something about. I've tried removing them with a  
>> broom (repeatedly), spraying them down with the hose, etc. Nothing  
>> works for more than a couple of hours....
>> Advice please!
>> Theresa
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>> and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that.
>> That's what's insane about it."  -  John Lennon
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