B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for June 29, 2023

Mosquitos or spiders. Difficult choice.

I always leave the Daddy long leg spiders alone. They eat the nasty ones, like brown recluse & wolf spiders.

Wolf spiders also eat the brown recluse, and a bunch of other insects

But none of them get the yellow flies, 7 of them got me yesterday and my legs itch like h*ll

Maybe it will meet another spider and find it’s soulmate. Then they would become newlywebs.

Spiders are a lot better for killing flies and mosquitos than carnivorous plants, because many of the latter use scents to attract more flies to give themselves a better chance of catching them.

And dust catcher

Spiders are the perfect sifters of Dao. They find themselves a place, away from their neighbors, build their web and wait. They don’t complain if their neighbor caught more flies, don’t try and destroy their web. If the position isn’t good, they just move away and try again.

Here in the USA what we call “Daddy Long Legs” are actually Harvestmen Arachnids. Harmless to us and do not make webs.

Symbiosis: Mutualism in action. [Perhaps an example of how we should try to live together with our fellow earthly inhabitants?]

“That and it allows me to spend time on (or in) the web!”

I give all the bugs an ultimatum. If they’re outside, I try to leave them alone. If they’re inside, then their @$$ is mine.

repurposing. still no!

nasty hobbittss

Use the tools that you have.

Last year we had a big, pretty black & yellow garden spider on our front hedge. She stayed all summer and ate LOTS of spotted lanternflies! We called her Charlotte, of course. I’m hoping one of her daughters decides to build a web there this summer and keep the bad bugs in check.

Well, I never thought of cobwebs that way before.

NRA wants to place guns in everyone’s hands, Governments want to slow the population growth. Seems that cannibalism would solve both problems! Still love Twilight Zone “To Serve Man”

Nope, just nope. I don’t like spiders. They are sneaky. One of my wife’s creature comforts is the fact there are no creatures in the house, especially spiders and scorpions.

As long as they don’t bite you I suppose spiders would indeed make pretty good static air defenses.

Mosquito net made from spider webs. Great that gets rid of the mosquitos, (they are bad so that’s good) But then the spiders will grow large and then they will, lay their eggs inside an egg sac cocoon, with you inside. Then you will be breakfast for the baby spiders when they hatch. Mosquito net made from spider webs good idea? (NOT!)

Maybe you’ve heard the urban myth: “Humans swallow an average of eight spiders each year while sleeping!”According to Scientific American that myth is a myth ;)Most likely, the average is zero, no reason to be afraid.

Hence, spiders are our friends. Once they run out of flies, we might need to reclassify, but until then…..

I’m always reassured when I see a spider bopping across my wall. If they’re around it means mosquitoes aren’t.

Next time ask it make a tighter weave….LOL

Just an excuse to keep your Halloween decorations up all year.

And Dreamcatcher.

Kind of goes bark to an old strip where BC is hanging up a box marked fly catcher. In the morning there are legs hanging out of the box. “BURP”

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Well, duh, that’s why the spider puts it up!

I do not kill spiders, they eat a ton of other insects.

Leaf hoppers are active now and the spider webbing around the porch lights are doing a good job of catching them.

As the person everyone always asked to fix their cameras, computers, cars, etc., I have long adopted the policy “Don’t break it if you could not fix it”. I remind myself of that to keep me from injuring, let alone killing, bugs and all other living things. If I saw a brown recluse about to bite a family members I would have to think about it, but I do try to avoid stepping on ants.

Bats are a better option, except for the guano.

I like how the webs are drawn in this comic… looks 3-D.

I leave spiders alone unless they crawl on me in which case the welcome is over. My wife has never met a spider she liked. I try to stop her from killing outside garden spiders because they look so beautiful,

Those would have to be some big skeeters!

Wait till it completes the full web and trap you in it.

YES! LOVE IT!