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Posted on 08/30/2007 2:44:49 PM PDT by Orange1998
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To: Orange1998
Those aren’t spider webs. That’s the work of worms.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:14:54 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Orange1998
Next thing you know they will find the Huge Manatee that I’ve heard so much about.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:15:12 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
To: SouthTexas
You better retune your beeber from stune to skrill.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:16:35 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
To: Southack
Could be but I like to think its “Hilldebeast” den.
To: All
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:19:14 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Looks like a marbled orb weaver,
Araneus marmoreus a common garden spider here in Texas. Scary as hell, but harmless, and terrified of people. They eat tons and tons of pests every year, though. Just be careful when walking down an okra row their M.O. is to spin a huge web between okra stalks and you can walk into it (and her) face-first if you're not paying attention. I almost did so once when I was a kid. Scared me silly!
As I said: creepy and unpleasant-looking, but definitely on the team.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:19:27 PM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: Orange1998
There are times you can literally hear the screech of millions of mosquitoes caught in those webs." The screech of millions of mosquitoes would not be as bad as the sound of millions of little feet (or even worse, just 8 big ones).
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:19:54 PM PDT
by
DejaJude
To: AzSteven
Well, yeah...that’s exactly what I would do as well. Bring the heat!
To: Orange1998
I recently commented to friends about all the spider webs this season - they are everywhere. I get rid of them on my house and the next day another spider moves in. I drove from KC to St. Louis a few weeks ago and they were all over the trees and were HUGE.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:20:49 PM PDT
by
peggybac
(Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
To: Orange1998
Could this be a bad case of web worms and not spiders? If it is it will kill the trees. We had a bad case of web worms on our pecan trees this year and we have sprayed them.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:21:20 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Orange1998
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:21:34 PM PDT
by
hophead
( "Enjoy Every Sandwich")
To: KylaStarr
Aren’t those the ugliest things Yuck!!
To: Ditter
I own some land with Pecan Trees (old pecan orchard) I will take a look this weekend.
To: Orange1998
Arachnophobia redux
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:23:36 PM PDT
by
Guenevere
(Duncan Hunter...President '08)
To: hophead; Ditter
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:24:03 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: B-Chan
I refuse to clean spider webs at home for that exact reason. Right now I have serious roof leaks, half filled buckets and some puddles all around the living room, and not a mosquito at sight.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:24:30 PM PDT
by
Codename - Ron Benjamin
(I'm gonna sing the doom song now. Pre-emptive, multi-tasking, interrupt control!)
To: Orange1998
I've seen one here.
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To: SouthTexas
Every morning those dang spiders have one web across any sidewalk I decide to use when I walk Jr in the dark. Ick....I’m always thinking I hope the spider didn’t hitchhike in my hair.
To: All
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:25:39 PM PDT
by
Squidpup
("Fight the Good Fight")
To: AzSteven
I hate spiders. I'm not generally fond of spiders, but anything that removes the swarms of aerial bloodsuckers from the environment is a real pal.
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posted on
08/30/2007 3:26:22 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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