Here is a second photo showing the issue.

Thank you.
Dave

It looks like a small spider web. They aren't always present. Just setting their trap for unwary visitors.

zackey

Are you sure that is regular (but tiny) spider?
I found similar web on one of my succs (stretching from the plant to rock).
Dave, I always worry about spider mites!

Rina

no I don't think this is a spider but spider mites, i'm not sure.

Mealybugs can leave a white cotton like substance... hard to see though. you may want to Google images & compare.

Nancy

Not spider mites, not mealies.

Were spider mites to make that concentration of webbing, you'd see lesser webbing all over.

Mealies don't weave. ;-)

I'm with Zackey, a small spider.

tj

P.S. Rina- You could have spider mites. Look to see if any of those dots on the web are moving.

may be mealy bugs if cottony,,,,touch as many bugs as you can with qtip dipped in alcohol or do like me and use germx on the qtip

Looks like mealybugs. They LOVE jades. My oldest gollum has been plagued with them for ages, I just can't seem to get on top of it. Spritz with rubbing alcohol/water mixture every few days. I was able to get rid of them on some of the smaller gollums, but it took a lot of effort.

tj

Thanks, that's what I always worry about. But nothing is 'moving' there. I looked with magnifying glass to make sure. Still, I cleaned it off with rosemary oil+water solution.
I check all the plants very often.
Just don't want to kill real spiders...Rina

I would've guessed mealy bugs but what you could do is get a USB microscope. They're fun and you attatch it to your computer. Not really that pricey either. Best buy sells cheap ones online.

Yes, USB microscope is great - I got one for my grand daughter for Christmas...

Dave

What have you decided to do with that web? Did you see anything 'tiny' crawling there, or any more white fluffy stuff somewhere else?
I use spray of alcohol & water, or as I mentioned above, rosemary oil+water. Either spray or clean with q-tip.

Thanks for all the information. I'll start a spray with alcohol and water to see if it helps. If I do use alcohol and water will it hurt a real spider if in fact it is just a spider?
D

Why not just remove the web first, and see what happens? There might be no need to do anything else.

Yes, spraying it will kill the spider. In all of my years of dealing with mealybugs I never saw a web on the plants. They prefer to live under the leaves or where the leaves meet the stem.