Halloween agave
Our house is a magnet for spiders. I’ve blogged about this before (September 2011, May 2012, May 2013), and this year is no different. I’m not arachnophobic by any means; in fact, I’m glad the spiders hang out at your house to eat flies, mosquitoes and other insects that would be a much bigger nuisance than they are.
Still, I wish they wouldn’t build their webs in my spiky plants. One agave (Agave ‘Kissho Kan’) is particularly afflicted. It would make a great prop for a haunted house movie, wouldn’t it?
I wonder what it will look like on Halloween if I don’t remove the spiderwebs?
Sometimes the wrong insect gets caught! Sorry, little fella!
I always think "so there are a few spider webs, big deal" -- then I see the photos. That's a severe level of webbing! My potted agaves don't have this problem -- we must not have the "right" spiders here. :)
ReplyDeleteThe spiders are VERY small, not much larger than a pin head.
DeleteYikes! Spiders do a good job but they are a messy lot as well!
ReplyDeleteI wish they'd make their webs in a tree or something. Just not in my agaves.
DeleteWow. I thought my plants were webby...
ReplyDeleteI thoroughly cleaned this very agave not long a ago and a few weeks later we were back to THIS.
DeleteYikes is right! And here I was annoyed by the Albizia litter that gets in the nooks and crannies of my agave...
ReplyDeleteI wish the spiders took care of mealy bugs as well...
DeleteI noticed a pretty substantial web in one of my potted Agaves just yesterday...however it ain't nothing compared to what you've got going on!
ReplyDeleteThis agave is admittedly the worst. But there are webs everywhere.
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