Journalist, naturalist, and MBCA boardmember Mark Wheeler writes not about tarantulas but rather the summertime "creepy crawlies" in an article in today's Hi-Desert Star. Learn more about living with black widows, recluse spiders, and scorpions, and the ways in which they are and are not dangerous:
Mountain lions have size, strength, teeth and claws to use for hunting and self defense. Spiders and scorpions, on the other hand, have venom and some means for getting it into something they want to eat — usually an insect or another arachnid — or into something they perceive as an attacker. Humans are, of course, injected by spiders and scorpions only in the latter case, and only if it appears to the little perceiver that it doesn’t have a flight option. After all, even though renewable, venom is a precious resource and is best conserved for hunting purposes.
MORE INFO ON THIS TOPIC: On the Wildlife page of the MBCA Website. Previous blog posts: Wildlife.
