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Post by debbiem on Jun 10, 2008 9:56:43 GMT 1
I have an Ilex Pyramidalis which something was eating. All I could see on the underside of the leaves were these little spindly spiders with a fat yellowish belly and light coloured legs. I didn't think it could be them so left them there. Lo and behold, on inspecting my hanging baskets I noticed that one of the nasturtium leaves had been 'folded' on each corner and on unwrapping these folds found two of these little perishers inside! These spiders have to be the culprits but does anyone know what they are? I thought all spiders in the garden were the good guys!
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 10, 2008 10:01:18 GMT 1
I have an Ilex Pyramidalis which something was eating. All I could see on the underside of the leaves were these little spindly spiders with a fat yellowish belly and light coloured legs. I didn't think it could be them so left them there. Lo and behold, on inspecting my hanging baskets I noticed that one of the nasturtium leaves had been 'folded' on each corner and on unwrapping these folds found two of these little perishers inside! These spiders have to be the culprits but does anyone know what they are? I thought all spiders in the garden were the good guys! I videod these little chaps last year. It's not them is it? www.autumnfruits.co.uk/images/spiders.wmv |
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Post by debbiem on Jun 10, 2008 10:04:26 GMT 1
I have an Ilex Pyramidalis which something was eating. All I could see on the underside of the leaves were these little spindly spiders with a fat yellowish belly and light coloured legs. I didn't think it could be them so left them there. Lo and behold, on inspecting my hanging baskets I noticed that one of the nasturtium leaves had been 'folded' on each corner and on unwrapping these folds found two of these little perishers inside! These spiders have to be the culprits but does anyone know what they are? I thought all spiders in the garden were the good guys! I videod this little chaps last year. It's not them is it? www.autumnfruits.co.uk/images/spiders.wmvThey're very like them but I don't think they have the black spot on the body and the body isn't as fat - were they harmful in any way? |
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 10, 2008 10:05:56 GMT 1
They're very like them but I don't think they have the black spot on the body and the body isn't as fat - were they harmful in any way? No, not harmful in any way whatsoever. |
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 10, 2008 10:06:54 GMT 1
They're very like them but I don't think they have the black spot on the body and the body isn't as fat - were they harmful in any way? No, not harmful in any way whatsoever. Although one of the little blighters stuck his tongue out at me, which I thought was a bit rude. |
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Post by debbiem on Jun 10, 2008 10:15:12 GMT 1
No, not harmful in any way whatsoever. Although one of the little blighters stuck his tongue out at me, which I thought was a bit rude. Well really! ;D These spiders are expert folders - they fold themselves inside the leaves. This nasturtium leave was about 100 times bigger than the spider, they did an expert job with it but what I'm worried is what else they do! |
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 10, 2008 10:18:19 GMT 1
Although one of the little blighters stuck his tongue out at me, which I thought was a bit rude. Well really! ;D These spiders are expert folders - they fold themselves inside the leaves. This nasturtium leave was about 100 times bigger than the spider, they did an expert job with it but what I'm worried is what else they do! They can be little devils. Last year I caught two of them making paper aeroplanes and having a competition as to which would fly the furthest! And the year before one made a frog from a privet leaf!!! |
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Post by debbiem on Jun 10, 2008 10:23:05 GMT 1
Well really! ;D These spiders are expert folders - they fold themselves inside the leaves. This nasturtium leave was about 100 times bigger than the spider, they did an expert job with it but what I'm worried is what else they do! They can be little devils. Last year I caught two of them making paper aeroplanes and having a competition as to which would fly the furthest! And the year before one made a frog from a privet leaf!!! Well underrrated, aren't they? ;D I hope mine aren't doing any origami with the rest of the leaves. ;D |
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 10, 2008 10:27:01 GMT 1
They can be little devils. Last year I caught two of them making paper aeroplanes and having a competition as to which would fly the furthest! And the year before one made a frog from a privet leaf!!! Well underrrated, aren't they? ;D I hope mine aren't doing any origami with the rest of the leaves. ;D Individually they are managable. It's when you have a colony of leaf-cutter ants AND a colony of origami spiders that you get true devastation in the garden! |
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Post by debbiem on Jun 10, 2008 10:31:33 GMT 1
Well underrrated, aren't they? ;D I hope mine aren't doing any origami with the rest of the leaves. ;D Individually they are managable. It's when you have a colony of leaf-cutter ants AND a colony of origami spiders that you get true devastation in the garden! And then isn't it infuriating when the locusts gate-crash the party? That really is the limit! |
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 10, 2008 10:33:11 GMT 1
Individually they are managable. It's when you have a colony of leaf-cutter ants AND a colony of origami spiders that you get true devastation in the garden! And then isn't it infuriating when the locusts gate-crash the party? That really is the limit! Too true, too true (you are not taking the mickey out of me, are you?) |
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Post by debbiem on Jun 10, 2008 10:34:27 GMT 1
And then isn't it infuriating when the locusts gate-crash the party? That really is the limit! Too true, too true (you are not taking the mickey out of me, are you?) Never in a million years! (With the last 5 mins being the exception).  |
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Post by bogmyrtle on Jun 10, 2008 13:54:54 GMT 1
Individually they are managable. It's when you have a colony of leaf-cutter ants AND a colony of origami spiders that you get true devastation in the garden! And then isn't it infuriating when the locusts gate-crash the party? That really is the limit! At least you can eat the locusts - and yes I have! |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 10, 2008 21:41:33 GMT 1
we had a nest of interesting looking baby spiders clustered in a ball on the water butt...they'd disperse then rush together again when you blew gently on them ( ;D )
Turns out they're baby garden spiders (the ones that get really big, as adults they're brown or beige with a sort of cross on the abdomen) the babies have yellow bodies with a little black 'triangle' on their abdomen. I made a little leafy bridge from the water butt to the passiflora...and they hurried across and are now getting fattened up ready to terrify me in the autumn.....
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Post by bogmyrtle on Jun 11, 2008 9:01:32 GMT 1
we had a nest of interesting looking baby spiders clustered in a ball on the water butt...they'd disperse then rush together again when you blew gently on them ( ;D ) Turns out they're baby garden spiders (the ones that get really big, as adults they're brown or beige with a sort of cross on the abdomen) the babies have yellow bodies with a little black 'triangle' on their abdomen. I made a little leafy bridge from the water butt to the passiflora...and they hurried across and are now getting fattened up ready to terrify me in the autumn..... Aahh, bless! |
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Post by debbiem on Jun 11, 2008 9:08:53 GMT 1
we had a nest of interesting looking baby spiders clustered in a ball on the water butt...they'd disperse then rush together again when you blew gently on them ( ;D ) Turns out they're baby garden spiders (the ones that get really big, as adults they're brown or beige with a sort of cross on the abdomen) the babies have yellow bodies with a little black 'triangle' on their abdomen. I made a little leafy bridge from the water butt to the passiflora...and they hurried across and are now getting fattened up ready to terrify me in the autumn..... Aahh, bless! And ditto bless! They sound like those ones Cheery but they're a nuisance!  The thing is that I haven't the heart to hurt them - I don't know just how extensively they can damage things. I did evict the family from the nasturtium they'd moved in on though. |
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The thing is that I haven't the heart to hurt them - I don't know just how extensively they can damage things. I did evict the family from the nasturtium they'd moved in on though.