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An Eight-Legged Giant

If you don’t want black widows, let some other spiders live among you

One the things I think I’m going to miss when I go out among the stars is the, “Oh, by the way,” meetings of people in the post office, grocery stores, hardware stores, thrift shops and other places in town. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t get that wonderful greeting, and […]

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Natural World: Crab Spiders

Crabs may be living in your flowers…and they’re good at mimicking bird droppings, too

It’s that time of year, dear ones, for garden lovers to be on the lookout for the local crabs that hang out in your flowers. Well, not real “crabs,” but crab spiders, who are masters at camouflage. Look for it in the photo provided; it’s perched right there among the stamens, a forward pair of […]

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Spiders in the Northwest

Revisiting hobos, widows and violins

Judging from the phone calls, emails and text messages, things have gotten out of hand in the spider world, especially regarding those thought to be dangerous. Hence, right from the get-go, let’s put the real “Bad One,” the brown recluse, also known as the violin spider—behind us. One, it does not and cannot live in […]

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