Spider webbing on prickly pear cactus leaves
This is fine spider webbing on prickly pear cactus leaves in the garden. Cactus leaves?? Yes, these cacti have little succulent bracts or scales that appear before the spines and fall away after a while, there's more info here. The flower buds have these little leafy bracts also. I didn't realize when I got this photo that it also shows the spider! Start at the center and look up and to the right, I'll make a note. The spider's size and the type of web suggest that it's a Mesh Web Weaver spider in the family Dictynidae, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it. Happy Web Webnesday! (San Marcos Pass, 25 May 2020)
Spider webbing on prickly pear cactus leaves
This is fine spider webbing on prickly pear cactus leaves in the garden. Cactus leaves?? Yes, these cacti have little succulent bracts or scales that appear before the spines and fall away after a while, there's more info here. The flower buds have these little leafy bracts also. I didn't realize when I got this photo that it also shows the spider! Start at the center and look up and to the right, I'll make a note. The spider's size and the type of web suggest that it's a Mesh Web Weaver spider in the family Dictynidae, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it. Happy Web Webnesday! (San Marcos Pass, 25 May 2020)