Just spotted this spider strand pulling over a new developing apex shoot, so destroyed his plan to bend over the tip and the apex shoot went back to verticle !!!
Anyone else noticed this in their gardens?
Anyone else noticed this in their gardens?
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I try to NOT disturb spiders… see them constantly, all kinds.
The other day, I was working on a boxwood, trimming back new shoots. Run into a 1/4" black and gray crab type spider.
I moved to another part of the tree to not disturb him. He purposely RAN to end of the 6" long shoot. I watched intently as he grabbed a armfull of web from his abdominal spinneretts, THREW it into the air and held his forelimbs as HIGH snd wide as possible. I could not see where it went. Seconds later, he had lasooed the next tree over(4 feet distance), tied it off tight, and RAN the tightrope to the tree…
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I never refuse wiring help.
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Very interesting story.