Re: Pineapple cheese refrigerator pie recipe

On 11/1/2024 10:43 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2024-11-02, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
 

   i do find spiders interesting and try to learn about
those i have observed in the house and out in the
gardens.  i've even adopted some spiders to use in
the worm buckets to help control fungus gnats.  it's
worked out well.

  The only spiders that I eradicate upon discovery are black widows in the
house. I even have a string spider-ladder in our unused bathtub, so they
won't starve to death in the tub if they blunder in.
My wife disagrees loudly with this philosophy, and I will eliminate the
problem, one way or another, when she's loud enough.
I used to let tarantulas walk on my arm to shock my buddies. I wish I
had a picture. October is tarantula migration season in Nevada.
Come one! Come all! They're slow, obvious in intent and almost harmless.
Bring a camera!
 leo

That is a very late migration, no?
Springtime in the southern deserts is the norm, but this has a uniquely RFC angle to it:
https://www.kunr.org/2023-11-03/nevada-town-is-epicenter-of-tarantula-migration
Dr. Jason Bond, professor of entomology and nematology at UC Davis said the emergence of tarantulas at this time of year is due to mature males going on a deadly search to find a mate. The spiders are not unique to Gabbs. They can also be found across the entire Southwest this time of year.
“So the females tend to have a home burrow from which they hunt,” said Bond. “And the males do that for some time... and then he's going to emerge from his burrow, go out and find a female and then and then he's done. That's it. It’s [the] end of life for him.”
According to Bond males live about five to six years and then die after mating, but the females have long life spans, of 20 or more years. He also shares a spooky fact that doesn’t bode well for the males.
“Spiders are quite often cannibalistic. So she says, ‘Well, I’m not gonna mate with you. But I think I'll go ahead and have you for dinner,’ ” Bond said.