Creepy crawlies

Creepy crawlies

The frightful, marvelous monsters in our own backyard
Tarantulas may be the stuff of nightmares, but they are unlikely to hurt you. A bite might feel like a wasp’s sting.
Black widows typically hang upside down around clutter – in wood piles, behind flower pots, around the gas meter. Their webs are a mess, seemingly unkempt disarrays of silk, but one strand has more tensile strength than steel.
Solifugaes have four sets of legs and an added set of sensory appendages called pedipalps.
During the summer, rattlesnakes become more active at dawn and dusk.

Creepy crawlies

Tarantulas may be the stuff of nightmares, but they are unlikely to hurt you. A bite might feel like a wasp’s sting.
Black widows typically hang upside down around clutter – in wood piles, behind flower pots, around the gas meter. Their webs are a mess, seemingly unkempt disarrays of silk, but one strand has more tensile strength than steel.
Solifugaes have four sets of legs and an added set of sensory appendages called pedipalps.
During the summer, rattlesnakes become more active at dawn and dusk.