Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Big Bug!!!

Did you hear all the ruckus from our end of the park yesterday? 
You know Jay & Karen have bought Kate & Stretch's mobile.  They are having it removed and the Taj Mahal of mobiles brought in later.  Well, the movers have been preparing the old home for removal and have disturbed....something.

You may remember I found a tarantula in one of my kitchen cupboards awhile back. 
 
Grossed me out and scared me to death. 
 
 Juan, our trusty bug guy, set traps and thankfully no spiders had returned...until yesterday!
 
When doing my daily walk around the garden this morning look what I discovered!
 
  Juan says this is a new threat to the valley and only a small handful have been reported..so far. 
 
It's a new spider call the Angolan Witch Spider.
They migrated from South America.
In Texas they primarily eat dogs and cats. 
 
 It took several gun shots to kill it, and the house movers helped.

If you want to read more about the Texas invasion of the Angolan Witch Spider click here.

2 comments:

SueP said...

An Angola spider from South America? More like Los Alamos NM. Come on Sue, get your species straight!

David 120 said...

After the shooting, were you able to dig the disposal trench yourself, or did you have to get a permit and hire a licensed gravedigger?