Just-Moxie
Garden Addicted
Garden spiders!! ![lol :lol: :lol:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/lau.gif)
I started watching them the past 2 years. Last year I had 9 adult females, who made a dozen egg sacks. Some of the poor ladies succumbed to the local critters. My Diva game hen, she ate one.
They don't usually eat spiders.
I took one spider inside, and the cats dumped it out and killed it.![Eek! :eek: :eek:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
In total they made egg cases all over the eaves of the buildings.
This spring, I watched for them to hatch. It is hard to tell sometimes, as the hatchlings just look like a little fuzz around the egg sack.
Now, I am currently up to 12 spider ladies. They can be interesting to watch. And some of them have already grown quite large.
I don't kill them if at all possible. I try to relocate if they will let me. They can be quite testy sometimes though, and show distinct personalities.
![lol :lol: :lol:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/lau.gif)
I started watching them the past 2 years. Last year I had 9 adult females, who made a dozen egg sacks. Some of the poor ladies succumbed to the local critters. My Diva game hen, she ate one.
![head-wall :he :he](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/he.gif)
I took one spider inside, and the cats dumped it out and killed it.
In total they made egg cases all over the eaves of the buildings.
This spring, I watched for them to hatch. It is hard to tell sometimes, as the hatchlings just look like a little fuzz around the egg sack.
Now, I am currently up to 12 spider ladies. They can be interesting to watch. And some of them have already grown quite large.
I don't kill them if at all possible. I try to relocate if they will let me. They can be quite testy sometimes though, and show distinct personalities.