Posted on 09/19/2018 5:26:36 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
"It's as if the spiders are taking advantage of these conditions and are having a kind of a party. They mate, they reproduce and provide a whole new generation...
"The spiders will have their party and will soon die."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
It could be Arachne and Athena competing in a weaving contest.
Looks almost like what tent caterpillars do to trees.
Arachne?
I had to look her up.
As usual, the old Greeks covered the topic.
Hubris is a bitch.
I was a classics major for a while.
Every now and then I get to use it.
“The spiders will have their party and will soon die.”
I’ve been to parties like that.
I have 2 families of Carolina Wrens in my backyard that would get fat on those spiders.
Experts say it is a seasonal phenomenon, caused by Tetragnatha spiders, which can build large nests for mating.
An increase in the mosquito population is also thought to have contributed to the rise in the number of spiders.
Interesting pics.
Hard to blame it on Trump, if an explosion in the mosquito population allows more spiders to eat, grow and mate. And mate. And mate.
Then die!
Does no one use insecticides - even the “greener” ones - any more? Or truck in poultry to feast on the pests?
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