Spiders
Today’s garden pics…
Lots of critters out in the garden today except not so many snails. The strangest thing spotted was the moth sitting next to the snail. At first i didn’t know it was a moth. Then I thought it might be dead because it just sat there for a long time. Finally I brushed it lightly with a twig and it flew away.
Bagworm moth ‘houses’!
These pics were taken on 18 June. I have heard a about bagworm moths and the “houses” their larvae make out of twigs and other materials, but I have never seen one…until today! Today I was tickled to find two of them in the garden!
The bagworm moth larvae collect small plant materials and attaches them around itself to make a nice little home. The bagworm moth larvae are mobile. It drags around everywhere it goes.
Additional garden pics from today
Cross garden spider and other critters
A favorite spider of SHI is the Cross garden spider, with the magnificent, iconic cross pattern on its back. It’s an orb-weaver spider. Cross garden spiders are beneficial to gardens because they eat pests. They might look frightening and creepy but they are harmless to humans. This spider rarely bites unless provoked, and the bite is mild.
