David Meiland Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 I see this a lot here in the pacific northwest. It looks a lot like yellow fiberglass insulation and mostly seems to show up around modern casement window sash, which have a weatherstrip attached to the edge of the sash near the exterior, and another attached to the frame facing the interior of the sash. Whatever-it-is gets in between the two weatherstripping lines and makes this stuff. The owner of this house thinks it's some kind of spider. Click to Enlarge 46.47 KB Click to Enlarge 51.88 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 I don't see that very much, but it looks like fungus growing on a dead thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Meiland Posted February 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Now you got me thinking. I wonder if insects crawl in there and die, and then fungus grows on them. Seems like it would need a lot of feedstock. It is most often at the bottom of the sash, and there can be a lot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 In my climate all sorts of insects go to that hardware gap to die. Never seen that kind of growth though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 In Chicago, those Thai beetles that look like lady bugs will pack that hardware gap in winter. I've also seen the gap filled with spider nests and/or egg sacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Simon Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 In Chicago, those Thai beetles that look like lady bugs will pack that hardware gap in winter. I've also seen the gap filled with spider nests and/or egg sacks. Asian beetle, not Thai. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Thailand...Asia....it's all the same.... Thought this was pretty good. Snapped yesterday from Chendu, Sichuan paper.....rough translation from in house counsel..... "he's popular because he is a media star and knows how to talk to his people, and his supporters are upset with American political situation and he understands this and knows how to talk to these people"...... Or something vaguely similar. My paraphrasing of 'Mei's translation may not be completely accurate, but overall, it seems like actual reportage. Oooops....I may have violated TIJ's anti politics rule..... Click to Enlarge 301.87?KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 That can't possibly be an accurate translation, it actually makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Spider crap to Trump in 7 easy steps. Good luck to y'all. [] Spider egg sacks, big Oregon spiders. Click to Enlarge 16.22 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 I read somewhere that the 6 degrees that supposedly separates us is actually abou 5.25 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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