Actually Doug, your experience is pretty common for us Florida folks! We have "banana" spiders down here that can throw up a web that is 30 feet wide and you never know where they will be spun.

Pretty common to go zippin' around in your yard and catch one of these webs with your face. Then it sticks to ya and you drag around the web with the spider in it.

When you go camping with newbies, and you tromp around at night without flashlights - it's always fun to have them take point on a trail that hasn't been used for a while

Good thread. I thought it was funny (except for the bird having to be killed - that sucked).

Regards

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