All habitats depend on predators to keep things in balance. Your garden is a habitat full of wildlife, and while predators like the praying mantis and the ladybug tend to be celebrated, there’s another that’s more often reviled: the spider.

While only a small percentage of the general population has a full-on case of arachnophobia, plenty of people find spiders just plain creepy. They lurk in dark corners, drop from above without warning and have a tendency to go scurrying around in a way many might find disconcerting. Pop culture has long painted the spider as the enemy — a furry, fanged foe to be feared.

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