Oh, and a tarrantula.

I really needed it today!

I haven't had many around here this year. Don't know why, I usually have dozens of sightings.

this guy is out a bit late, though. I think.

scorpions too. she is so protective of me

sometimes they will startle and run when you are handling them and fall. it can damage them. but I have never seen one jump up off the ground or out of a container or anything.

Yucky thing!

they don't bother me at all, and yet I freak out if I see a caterpillar.

Billie came from a ranch in Arizona and was supposedly Australian Shepherd and Dingo.

Once I was at my cousin's parents' house and pulled the leaf catching basket from over the bottom drain of the pool. A very large black coiled millipede, stretched out it would be 10" long, with two rows of a gazillion little legs, was in the basket with some leaves.

I dumped it out on the deck and Billie approached with great caution. She watched it intently, coming a little closer to sniff but wound like a watch spring in case she had to back off quickly. She circled, staring at it, intermittently scraping near it with a front paw to gauge its danger level. It had drowned, and after careful inspection Billie determined it was not dangerous and walked away.

It was obvious the critter had...self-impeded.

it seemed to want to go in so I opened the screen door for it. we get all kinds of things in the house. a wandering tarantula doesn't bother me at all.

LOL

The nose knows.

Typical.

My first pet was a very large Mexican red-knee tarantula.