If you don’t want to see pictures, don’t go any farther. I’m posting a photo of some cayenne peppers I harvested recently so the spiders don’t show up.
We’ve had a garden spider in one of the Witch Hazel bushes for at least three months. I’ve named him Donovan but I really don’t know if he’s a boy or a girl. I remember that he was here the first part of July because I saw him, then there some very noisy nights with Independence Day fireworks. I passed by the spider on about July 10 and said to him . . Glad to see the fireworks didn’t scare you off.
Today I noticed an egg sac on the same tree but not right by where Donovan hangs out. At first, I thought it would be nice for him to have a family but then I thought . . there could be thousands of spiders in there, and next year (or next week) those 1,000 spiders could each have 1,000 babies. I don’t know that the common garden spider comes into our houses (like a black widow or brown recluse) but I really do not want a zillion spiders in my garden. I thought about cutting it into a jar, putting a lid on it and taking them out in the woods but my luck, I’d get bit by a snake trying to release spiders in the woods.
I’m going to think about it tonight and decide in the morning what to do with them.
Carolyn says
Wow, that’s a common garden spider? It’s beautiful! I agree, I wouldn’t want thousands in my yard, but one or two would be nice! ?
Carolyn says
Wow, that’s a common garden spider? It’s beautiful! I agree, I wouldn’t want thousands in my yard, but one or two would be nice! ?
Carolyn says
I just showed Lee your post and he said you should let Vince take care of it. He’ll get rid of them!!! ???
Paula Nordt says
You do want garden spiders in your garden. They get rid of a lot of bugs! And even though I let mine live, in my experience the babies move on to other places ( or get eaten by something), because I have never seen more than one or two in my yard.