Brenda, Do you have a list of daylilies for trade? I have some spiders and most likely some late bloomers too. But I have so much already I'm afraid I have to be a bit picky. Would like to see if you have anything I'd like first if you don't mind? Thanks, Joy

I emailed you, but it may have ended up in junk. I have small, medium and large sized spider plants. Let me know how many you would be interested in having and what you think would be a fair swap.

It is the queintessential Garden Spider. a.k.a. "writing spider" in some parts of the south. An old local fable I used to hear was "It means good luck if you find one among the plants in your garden". That might have something to do with the name Garden Spider. I have also been told that the nickname "writing spider" is due to the zigzag pattern of silk in the center of the web.

Steve, I think that's what they call a Velvet Ant, it's a wingless wasp. Spider Mites don't have stingers, and even if they did they're way too small to penetrate human skin. They have mouth parts similar to regular spiders but use them to rasp the surface of the plant and then they suck up the juices. The tiny stipple spots are where they've scratched and sucked up the plant juice. A close up of the Two Spotted Spider Mite. This is a common one, but they're many kinds. And how they look to the naked eye, up close. You can see the fine webbing with mites crawling on it. They're the tiny dots. It does look fairly different than regular spider webs. And here you can see the stipple spotted damage on a leaf; This is a pretty bad case on a lemon tree. The webbing, the tiny mites and the stippling can all be seen here. If you click on the pics, most will show it as a larger picture.