• Stroked the tops --nothing flew up
• Turned the leaves to check for spidermites -- no webs, no microscopic dots of red or any other color.... ???
... then I sensed, rather than saw movement along the black nursery pot rim ...
It was a good-sized green-fanged Daring Jumping spider, about 1/2" long.
(I LOVE seeing big spiders in the house because I always envision all the bugs they ate to get that big.
)At that size, I usually thank them for the wonderful job they did indoors, and politely usher them outside for the greater selection available Al Fresco, but in this instance, I apologized to her for intruding, commended her for her diligence, and urged her to continue with her patrol
