Spiders and frogs return to cotton farms as industry cleans up its act
June 4, 2024 5:31 AM Subscribe
Spiders and frogs return to cotton farms as industry cleans up its act. Once devoid of insect life, Australian cotton paddocks are now teeming with spiders and other animals as the cotton industry moves further away from pesticide use.
Who doesn’t love the word “teeming?”
Seriously, this is great news!
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:34 AM on June 4 [2 favorites]
Seriously, this is great news!
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:34 AM on June 4 [2 favorites]
Not so great news for arachnophobes
As long as the arachnophobes stay out of the cotton farms, they'll be fine.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 6:45 AM on June 4 [3 favorites]
As long as the arachnophobes stay out of the cotton farms, they'll be fine.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 6:45 AM on June 4 [3 favorites]
I like my cotton farms like I like my coffee: teeming with spiders!
posted by Foosnark at 7:38 AM on June 4 [12 favorites]
posted by Foosnark at 7:38 AM on June 4 [12 favorites]
Spiders Georg claps approvingly.
posted by briank at 8:00 AM on June 4 [1 favorite]
posted by briank at 8:00 AM on June 4 [1 favorite]
I'm picturing frogs wearing tiny little cotton coats. No way I'm clicking to ruin that illusion.
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:07 AM on June 4 [1 favorite]
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:07 AM on June 4 [1 favorite]
I clicked. It's all spiders, and talk about spider bites. No frogs in frog-sized coats. Spiders don't need coats, they are already furry.
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:09 AM on June 4 [2 favorites]
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:09 AM on June 4 [2 favorites]
this sounds good. I love natural fiber clothing but I know the cotton industry is quite problematic.
presumably the end product would be sans-spood. I am a full on arachnophobe, but I am not in Australia, and I am not in the habit of frolicking in cotton fields. won't be clicking on any of these links, but thanks for the post!
posted by supermedusa at 9:50 AM on June 4 [1 favorite]
presumably the end product would be sans-spood. I am a full on arachnophobe, but I am not in Australia, and I am not in the habit of frolicking in cotton fields. won't be clicking on any of these links, but thanks for the post!
posted by supermedusa at 9:50 AM on June 4 [1 favorite]
All right, uncle. As in, I surrender. Not that I was putting up a fight in the first place. This, plus the thing yesterday about the indigenous chef, plus... well, geez, plus everything you've posted heretofore; it has all been a subtle but relentless campaign to get me to sell everything I own and move to Australia*. Fine, sounds good. See you soon!
*Bringing along zero of the potential invasive species living in my current environment, of course, and signing up for regular "save the many, varied, wildly attractive, very very tiny, thought-to-be-extinct-but-now-recently-rediscovered marsupials" mission work, of course.
posted by Don Pepino at 10:09 AM on June 4 [1 favorite]
*Bringing along zero of the potential invasive species living in my current environment, of course, and signing up for regular "save the many, varied, wildly attractive, very very tiny, thought-to-be-extinct-but-now-recently-rediscovered marsupials" mission work, of course.
posted by Don Pepino at 10:09 AM on June 4 [1 favorite]
This is excellent news! They're still sucking all the life out of the Murray-Darling, though, despite improvements in water management.
posted by dg at 6:10 PM on June 4
posted by dg at 6:10 PM on June 4
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