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sorry about the crappy photo. These are tiny tiny spiders (or at least I think they are spiders). The webs are outside, usually in the legs of our deck furniture. They are dense webs (not the usual orb-like webs) and are just packed with a multitude of little spiders. They are feaking us out. Can you help us identify them? If you can, should we give into our gut reaction to erradicate these colonies or should we revert to our ‘spiders are our friends unless proven dangerous’ philosophy.
Thank you
D. Rodrigues
Hi D.,
Your newly hatched spiderlings should begin to balloon away soon. They will climb to the highest point nearby and release a strand of silk and let the wind carry them away. We just observed a similar phenomenon in Ohio and sadly did not have our camera. The do appear to be young orb weavers, but it is difficult to be certain. Spiders are your friends.
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