So last night my wonderful husband was hooking up a new dryer. Well, it is actually our old dryer, but it is newer than the one in the house we live in. Anyway he went down into the basement to turn n the gas and what was on the wall? A GINORMOUS spider! It was, without a doubt, the biggest spider I have ever seen in Michigan. I use to live in Arizona and saw my fair share of wolf spiders and tarantulas but this guy could rank right up there in size! Nathan put it in a jar with a tight fitting lid so that the boys could look at it. This spider was COOL! I looked online to make sure it was not venomous. It wasn't. PHEW! I think it was a Fishing Spider, but I cannot be sure. This photo was the closest I could find. I even went to the library to look for some kind of spider field guide, but came home with a couple of general info books on spiders.
BTW do you know the difference between venom and poison? Well poison is ingested and venom is injected. So it is impossible to have a poisonous frog, snake or spider. I guess unless you eat said animal or drink it's venom. But anyway they are all venomous. Interesting science fact. I think they also attack your body differently, too, but that would be gross to talk about.
Also good to know, for any of you out there who have a son that wants to turn into Spider-Man, there are LOTS of images of what spider bites look like and do to you. I showed Ammon one...now he does not want to get bitten by a spider to turn into Spider-Man. Thank you, Google images!
Oh...I will have two Art History Monday posts for you later today. I have to think of something odd and mildly entertaining. See you later!
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