We noticed last week that thick cobwebs were beginning to enshroud one of the scrub oak trees in the back yard. Every day it got thicker.
"Bagworms," I thought. But the telltale worms were missing.
"Spiders," said our neighbor, who's lived here longer. And sure enough, there were hundreds of tiny eggs sprinkled through the webs.
They'll just spread to other trees, said our neighbor. And we didn't like this oak much anyway. It was scraggly, leaning, and I crack my head on it regularly as I get stuff out of the garden shed.
Down it came this morning, thanks to my trusty chainsaw. First we sprayed the crap out of it with insecticide to prevent the spiders from jumping off to other trees, and then we cut it down.
I am relieved.
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2008-07-21
A spider infestation
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3 comments:
GROSS!!! Funny you mention this, though - my plan for some evening this week after work is to spend some time in my yard cutting back tree branches and plants and bushes. I've walked through one too many spider webs this week, and I'm tempted to just burn my yard down.
My perennial garden is covered in webs. I don't know what to spray it with... I'm allergic to most bug sprays. *sigh* I'm also terrified of spiders!
Angi: LOL! We walk through spiderwebs all the time. None of them bother us, particularly. They usually drop off before we come in the house. Usually.
Lara: Well, I would say that spiders are good, they eat the bad bugs, but then, we just killed a tree to stop the webs, so I wouldn't say you can't do the same. ;-) Perhaps your hubby can spray for you so you're not exposed?
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