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Its beautiful, said the parks superintendent, Donna Garde.
Freddie Gowin disagrees. It was Mr. Gowin, a maintenance worker at the park, who discovered the web this month when, taking advantage of some of the first dry weather, he mowed the area around the nature trail.
I dont think theres anything pretty about it, he said, though its certainly unusual.
When Mr. Gowin drives the power mower through the area, webbing wraps across his bare face, causing him to slap at spiders, real or imagined, crawling on his skin.
The parks staff says that while the web has killed some leaves, it should not hurt the trees.
The spiders are spreading out for sure, Mr. Gowin said, pointing out cedars that appeared to have a dusting of snow. Theyre going to take over this whole point.
The staff expects the web to last until colder weather this fall, when the spiders begin dying off.
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