Re: spiders

Dirt dobbers eat spiders...and, pulled this up on the web:

Spiders (and insects) are hosts and prey to various animals and insects
such as flies, wasps, mantispids, other spiders (such as the cannibal
spider) and insects, other arthropods such as centipedes, certain reptiles,
amphibians, birds and mammals. 
http://www.museums.org.za/bio/spiderweb/predator.htm

Sooo, what are you missing?


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 7/10/2007 8:24:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] spiders
>
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> On Jul 10, 2007, at 8:04 AM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
>
> > 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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