Mountain View
Are you a Spider Killer or Keeper?
The natural instinct is to squash a spider when it crosses our path. Think twice though. They offer benefits you might not realize.
It’s that time of year when we start dealing with our nature neighbors. What’s a nature neighbor? It’s our family’s term for all of those little critters that live around our home! In this part of the Lehigh Valley, we have all the usual Pennsylvania fauna - squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, deer, groundhogs, and the occasional black bear. We also have quite a variety of insects and reptiles. Most of these nature neighbors are harmless and are an essential component in maintaining a healthy balance in our local environment. Through the winter, things tend to quiet down. The birds cease their summer songs, the bigger guys settle into hibernation, and there is a stillness to our world as our nature neighbors take a break. But now that spring …
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Michael Powell
11:48 am on Monday, July 30, 2012
A spider keeper as often as possible; or "catcher and releaser" is probably a better term for us. :) more ›