spiders

From: Sylvia De Rooy (red1@humboldt1.com)
Date: Fri Nov 14 1997 - 22:25:09 PST


Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 22:25:09 -0800 (PST)
From: red1@humboldt1.com (Sylvia De Rooy)
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg4354$foo@default>
Subject: spiders

It isn't likely that the spiders are spider mites since they are so small
that they can only be seen as a tiny spot on a piece of white paper. In the
book Carnivorous Plants of the World by J and P Pietropaolo it says,
"Creatures such as spiders inhabit the mouth of the pitcher and some build
webs and catch prey in the mouth area".

>> Over the past few weeks I've noticed that one of my Nep terreriums had
>> fungus-like white threads on the corners. Under closer observation I saw
>> that there were little brown spiders sitting in the middle of them. Lately
>> these little spiders (which have doubled in size) have started building
>> their webs on the entrance of the pitchers themselves. Is this good or bad?
>> I would have thought that my supposedly "carnivorous" Neps would have
>> trapped them. I have been destroying their ugly webs, but they keep coming
>> back! Help!



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