bug id?

10 years ago

Hi,
I discovered this bug on one of my orphan roses that turned out to be pink and very pretty, so it's planted next to my baby DAs. There's a little evidence of gnawing on the rose, but not a lot - yet. Can anyone tell me what this critter is? There may be two - I hope you don't tell me that the bug is good and about to eat the eggs in that cocoon, because they both met their makers this morning. I hate killing bugs, but eating my plants is a deal breaker.
thanks for any advice!

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User
10 years ago
It's a Spider, one of the garden's greatest assets. It eats the bugs you don't want.
michaelg
10 years ago
Isn't it a spider? They are all beneficial on the roses.
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jacqueline9CA
10 years ago
Garden spider, and her egg sac full of thousands more spiders - GOOD. They do not eat plant material, only other bugs.

Jackie
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
10 years ago
Yep looks like a good guy/gal!
rigelcaj
Original Author
10 years ago
Oh RATS. Rats x 10. I'm so paranoid about bugs on my roses that I just went and killed it, and if it had been anywhere but on the rose with something I (stupidly) didn't recognize as a spider egg sac, and some munching evidence, I'd have patted it on the head and let it go on its merry way. I hope I get credit in life for all of the spiders I haven't killed.

Thanks. :( Better go google pictures of rose pests.
jacqueline9CA
10 years ago
The good news is that I have never, ever, had only one garden spider in the garden - you will see more, and now you will know what they look like and to leave them alone. Sometimes I even go around by a different path when I encounter one of their large webs across a path. Of course, if the web is blocking one of our doorways I just gently pick up part of it, and try to move the indignant spider to one side.

Jackie