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Vinca

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23. As long as they're harmless, they'll just be a nuisance. Besides, they'll have to compete
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 09:20 AM
Mar 2022

with the deer ticks, stink bugs and assorted beetles that eat trees, flowers and vegetables.

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Total BS. That photo os not of a "parachuting spider." It is a common garden spider. Martin68 Mar 2022 #1
The Joro spider is quite something different - they are in northern Georgia NewHendoLib Mar 2022 #4
Common garden spider and Joro spider: Mariana Mar 2022 #10
No fucking way! smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #2
No fucking way! smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #3
looks like a cross between a spider and a bee IcyPeas Mar 2022 #5
They have the Maryland colors, they can stay there. dem4decades Mar 2022 #6
If they eat mosquitoes and other pests, they can come up here n/t Blaukraut Mar 2022 #7
Sure....that's how it starts. Then they move up to poodles. Nevilledog Mar 2022 #8
Poodles are okay. I draw the line at Italian Greyhounds, though n/t Blaukraut Mar 2022 #9
LOL! n/t EndlessWire Mar 2022 #25
It is very pretty. Solly Mack Mar 2022 #11
There is a type of bat that eats .... Duppers Mar 2022 #12
Most of the bat species in the US eat nothing but insects. GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #18
Bats are rapidly dying out from white nose fungus NickB79 Mar 2022 #20
Because the end up getting in attics and garages. Buckeyeblue Mar 2022 #24
The pictures don't tell the entire story. LuckyCharms Mar 2022 #13
Thanks for this valuable information Lucky! panader0 Mar 2022 #17
This is very, very funny LuckyCharms. Mr. Ected Mar 2022 #22
I love spiders. These are harmless to humans and eat a shedload of pests. Celerity Mar 2022 #14
Where I live we have tarantulas, which I like, and black widows and brown recluse, panader0 Mar 2022 #21
I hate spiders but LOVE those. They're pretty. betsuni Mar 2022 #15
Can we at least send planes to help fight off the spiders? N/t LiberatedUSA Mar 2022 #16
Flamethrowers are legal to own in 48 states, FYI NickB79 Mar 2022 #19
As long as they're harmless, they'll just be a nuisance. Besides, they'll have to compete Vinca Mar 2022 #23
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