Cobweb's !!!!!!!!, any thought's etc.

I've seen many a good loft in my day/time   . Some you could eat/sleep in type of thing. Others thou !!!!!!!!!     have gone the other way    & are full of cobwebs etc & they don't seem to be worried by them & neither do the birds. So !!!!!!!   any thoughts.

dont have any that i know of cus use blow lamp and vac once per week
cant say they do any harm though

if you got plenty of cobwebs then you have a very dry and ventilated loft  nothing wrong there then  

I have all most as many cowebs as Iv got clean places in the loft some will say that is not the way to keep pigeons but as edgie say it tells you they like it and it helps to catch the moths I have sean the birds eating cobwebs Ill have to round to feeding em

Ginger wrote:

I have all most as many cowebs as Iv got clean places in the loft some will say that is not the way to keep pigeons but as edgie say it tells you they like it and it helps to catch the moths I have sean the birds eating cobwebs Ill have to round to feeding em

I must admit Ginger, I'm a lot like you    now  "Cobwebs everywhere" I don't seem to worry all that much about them    "Unless"     A nasty black monster type of thing, drops down on me when in the loft etc.  
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spiders seem to love them

I was told years ago that mite can be carried in on flies .
don't no if its true . but a remember when we keep border canaries.
one of the members gave me a handful of moth balls . and said hang 2 or 3 up in a bag.
and you wont see any mite. 
so mybe some spider webs would be alright as well
don't no how the spiders would cop with the moth balls though. 

stormqueen wrote:

I was told years ago that mite can be carried in on flies .
don't no if its true . but a remember when we keep border canaries.
one of the members gave me a handful of moth balls . and said hang 2 or 3 up in a bag.
and you wont see any mite. 
so mybe some spider webs would be alright as well
don't no how the spiders would cop with the moth balls though. 

Well !!!!     Unless you love all animals/creatures S/Q "Big time". There is a very  easy way to find out etc      "spiders/cope/mothballs".   
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edgie wrote:

if you got plenty of cobwebs then you have a very dry and ventilated loft  nothing wrong there then  

Will agree edgie

my roof is full ov them lol gd dry and ventilated loft shows a healthy loft jmo

sj lofts wrote:

my roof is full ov them lol gd dry and ventilated loft shows a healthy loft jmo

Spot on

I use a blow lamp and burn everything that moves while im at it, moths, flys and spiders all get vaporised, so where the birds are is cobweb free, however above their heads and in other places I leave them alone, spiders are great as they eat all flys, wasps, and other creepies but are harmless to the birds so they and the cobwebs can stay, the webs collect the dust too which is good.

I would agree that if a loft has cobwebs it probably means it is dry, but how would cobwebs mean a loft is well ventilated.....?  

David wrote:

I would agree that if a loft has cobwebs it probably means it is dry, but how would cobwebs mean a loft is well ventilated.....?  

correct me if i am wrong but don!t spiders spin there webs where there is an airflow so they can catch passing pray.  

edgie wrote:

David wrote:

I would agree that if a loft has cobwebs it probably means it is dry, but how would cobwebs mean a loft is well ventilated.....?  

correct me if i am wrong but don!t spiders spin there webs where there is an airflow so they can catch passing pray.  

Could be true Edgie     in what you say. No cobwebs at ground level in my old lofts etc. Plenty up the top thou    .  

edgie wrote:

David wrote:

I would agree that if a loft has cobwebs it probably means it is dry, but how would cobwebs mean a loft is well ventilated.....?  

correct me if i am wrong but don!t spiders spin there webs where there is an airflow so they can catch passing pray.  

passing pray, is usually winged, and doesnt need air flow to travel.......everyone gets spiders webs in their homes from time to time, but the spiders dont only make them round airflow      ive usually found them in corners where its still and free of any flow of air.

i would say by nature alone, it wouldnt be natural to build a web in an airflow, simply because of how a spider catches its pray........when a fly for example gets stuck in the web, it sends vibrations to the spider which runs out and catches its pray......it the web was forever vibrating because of the airflow it would just be causing a false alarm, so this would go against nature for the spider and therfor it wouldnt build a web in a draughty place....JMO

David wrote:

edgie wrote:

David wrote:

I would agree that if a loft has cobwebs it probably means it is dry, but how would cobwebs mean a loft is well ventilated.....?  

correct me if i am wrong but don!t spiders spin there webs where there is an airflow so they can catch passing pray.  

passing pray, is usually winged, and doesnt need air flow to travel.......everyone gets spiders webs in their homes from time to time, but the spiders dont only make them round airflow      ive usually found them in corners where its still and free of any flow of air.

i would say by nature alone, it wouldnt be natural to build a web in an airflow, simply because of how a spider catches its pray........when a fly for example gets stuck in the web, it sends vibrations to the spider which runs out and catches its pray......it the web was forever vibrating because of the airflow it would just be causing a false alarm, so this would go against nature for the
spider and therfor it wouldnt build a web in a draughty place....JMO

Interesting comments David    "Very thought provoking" I must say. Reminds me some what        of eye sign etc. Maybe just        our little spider topic here, will explode out of all proportion etc         & be the next great thing.   
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