Re: Monday Night Dinner? 6/02/2025

On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 0:48:11 +0000, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

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If that's a huntsman spider, it looks like a baby tarantula. I used to
let tarantulas crawl up my arm to impress my friends. The hardest part
is just to find them. They cross Nevada roads in the Fall.
Their bite is said to be akin to a bee sting, but my friends didn't know
that. Let them crawl on your arm. Don't monkey with them while they're
doing that. Everybody says "Wow!" when you're done.
Try it the next time you find a tarantula.
Conversely, I kill black widows as soon as I find them, or at least, the
females. There's a few in my garage, but they're behind heavy stuff.
One other thing, tarantulas don't scurry, they lumber.
Enough of me, for now. :)

I've never been stung by a bee but I'd imagine that it's not too
painful. Probably the fear of being stung is worse than a bee sting. The
kids used to be terrified when a bee would stray into our car. The good
news is that bees seem to be wiped out around here. One of my patients
had an addiction of bee stings. He'd capture bees and sting himself to
treat arthritis. He's dead now but no arthritis!
I might kill a black widow but I don't really know. I don't like killing
spiders as a general principle. My wife said her Korean mother told her
it's bad luck to kill a spider - in the morning. It's quite alright to
wipe them out in the evening. The Asians and Hawaiians are quite a
superstitious lot.