But cactus punctures do need to be taken seriously ... which may have lurking glochids. 3. Try different strategies. Tweezers are the overall MVP for extracting long spines and glochids, according ...

To make matters worse, chollas and their relatives also sport fine, hair-like spines called glochids. Some of them, such as the bunny ears cactus that is native to Mexico, have glochids but lack ...

Also called the prickly pear cactus, this genus has large flat pads called cladodes with spiky thorns and hairy spines called glochids. The cacti also grow brightly colored flowers and develop ...

All species have tiny, hard to see glochids which are painful and difficult to remove from your skin. Don’t ever touch the cactus or any of its parts, not even with gloves. For more information ...

A man was recently tending to his house plant when a split-second decision left him covered in painful spikes. Joe, a garden enthusiast, was repotting his cactus when he accidentally grabbed the ...

Glochids are often gold and shiny ... you won’t soon forget it. Actually, the cactus has evolved this as a way of spreading itself, as any dislodged pad is very likely to take root as soon ...

Opuntia littoralis, or the coastal prickly pear cactus native to Southern California, has 1.5-inch needles as well as smaller glochids—both have “teeth” that can make extraction difficult.