tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post6879464032059548869..comments2023-10-09T19:22:45.696+02:00Comments on The Balcony Garden: SpidersSue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-82014266666750306172010-07-27T07:19:18.491+02:002010-07-27T07:19:18.491+02:00Oops! Unfortunately I can't put a link in, but...Oops! Unfortunately I can't put a link in, but I have a photo on my blog of what I think is a spider native to Europe that's become invasive in California, and I wondered if you had ever seen it in your garden. Not exactly sure what it is exactly, but I think it's a Zygiella x-notata. Spiders are super interesting, even if they are gross! A lot of them at once is a little disturbing.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062950574820992319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-68595059670648271712010-07-27T07:15:53.569+02:002010-07-27T07:15:53.569+02:00Oh my goodness! I blew up a photo of a spider on m...Oh my goodness! I blew up a photo of a spider on my blog, too, and I think it's an invasive species that's actually from Europe (the Zygiella x-notata). Have you ever seen one in your garden? (http://www.balconycontainergardening.com/2010/07/zygiella-x-notata-spider.html)Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062950574820992319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-30194819128275889292010-07-06T15:34:40.895+02:002010-07-06T15:34:40.895+02:00As long as they stay out of my way they can hang a...As long as they stay out of my way they can hang around as much as they want. Now let me finish my curds and whey!Rowenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335673619430109527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-61242354221478257392010-07-03T18:05:29.209+02:002010-07-03T18:05:29.209+02:00Love your pictures - my little girl guessed what t...Love your pictures - my little girl guessed what they were straight away! We really enjoy following your blog and seeing the garden develop - thanks for sharing:)freerangegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535925508133692539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-71338016894945686342010-07-01T22:28:12.428+02:002010-07-01T22:28:12.428+02:00Sue, I should NOT have scrolled down, but you warn...Sue, I should NOT have scrolled down, but you warned me!! I'm not "afraid" so to speak but those photos gave me the hee-bee-jee-bees. Goose bumps and all!!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123627573356760362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-28520682143490039682010-07-01T22:10:27.353+02:002010-07-01T22:10:27.353+02:00Brrr ... I don't like spiders, but I still cou...Brrr ... I don't like spiders, but I still couldn't resist reading your post. ;) Oddly enough, they bother me much less at work than they do at home. A spider in my room? Nightmare. Dozens of spiders in the shop and the greenhouse? Entirely normal, and as long as I know where they are, and can stay away from them, no problem (what does bother me are the zebra spiders - nasty jumping things, and you never know where they'll be next moment. Might be my head or something.)<br /><br />We had baby spiders like yours in the tomato plants at work. They <i>did</i> freak me out a bit, but at the same time, it was sort of fun to poke the plant and watch them scatter, then draw back into a ball.Ivynettlehttp://ivynettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-84628350492253980522010-07-01T10:32:29.769+02:002010-07-01T10:32:29.769+02:00Oh dear Turling - have I put you off for life :(
...Oh dear Turling - have I put you off for life :(<br /><br />Gittan and CVF - odd how lots of kids seem to have an instinctive fear of spiders, isn't it? Even when parents are not. Is it the appearance or an inherited subconscious knowledge that they can be poisonous, I wonder. <br /><br />CVF and Katarina - I'd draw the line at poisonous ones. If we had black widows or tarantulas around you wouldn't see me withing a mile of a spider ...<br /><br />Juliet - No problem at all about useful links like that one. In fact, thank you for providing it. I just won't publish spammy ones.<br /><br />Jan - yes. But I always feel so sorry for their prey. have to admit to rescuing thins sometimes ...Sue Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-22537735595688497092010-07-01T08:20:06.860+02:002010-07-01T08:20:06.860+02:00I know a lot of people are afraid of spiders, but ...I know a lot of people are afraid of spiders, but Iäm not one of them. On the other hand, we have mostly friendly, unpoisonous spiders here - I think I would be scared if we had more poisonous species.Katarinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622903367597082775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-79315865330616250792010-07-01T01:32:35.961+02:002010-07-01T01:32:35.961+02:00Really sorry Sue, only noticed after I hit publish...Really sorry Sue, only noticed after I hit publish that you ask people not to include web addresses in comments - my link just went to Natural History Museum site, but here's the comment without the link if you'd prefer -<br /><br />I love spiders too :)<br /><br />And I think your pregnant one might be Pisaura mirabilis.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861589817615423847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-55965036261934719362010-07-01T01:23:58.602+02:002010-07-01T01:23:58.602+02:00I love spiders too :)
I think your pregnant one m...I love spiders too :)<br /><br />I think your pregnant one might be <a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/insects-spiders/bug-forum/?q=node/177" rel="nofollow">Pisaura mirabilis</a>?Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861589817615423847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-72644695370762299212010-06-30T23:11:11.813+02:002010-06-30T23:11:11.813+02:00Spiders are good, although I don't like them e...Spiders are good, although I don't like them exactly, just tolerate them because they eat other creepy crawlies.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430236104525571846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-59379804388617440402010-06-30T21:24:42.064+02:002010-06-30T21:24:42.064+02:00Spiders used to bother me as a child, but they don...Spiders used to bother me as a child, but they don't any more. They're just so valuable in the garden. I often find myself catching them in the house, and releasing them into the garden, before the cat, or one of the dogs hunts the poor things down. Your cob spider looks rather amiable, but we have tarantulas and black widows here, so I'm not easily frightened, even by the more menacing looking ones.Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-65869280594966006942010-06-30T18:53:04.924+02:002010-06-30T18:53:04.924+02:00I'm not a fan of spiders but I'm not afrai...I'm not a fan of spiders but I'm not afraid as when I was young. You have a lot of babies there. My yougest doughter aged 18 stod by her open window last night garding so that no spiders where sneaking into her room. She's real scared but if she's hone alone she know how to handle them. Her best vapon is the vacuumcleaner "lol"gittanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353416536540035191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-57862071658771141552010-06-30T18:34:35.447+02:002010-06-30T18:34:35.447+02:00Well, I wasn't upset by spiders at the beginni...Well, I wasn't upset by spiders at the beginning of the post...Turlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466952089423973036noreply@blogger.com