I don’t mind spiders. My mom says I actually ate one when I was a kid. I scold my colleagues when they stomp on one. But this one was different. I picked it up to take it outside… and it kept jumping off my folder…
Our helicopter pilot said “that’s a brown recluse. kill it.”
So there it was. I was about to save a spider that could have killed me. There’s a lesson in there. But it’s newstime and I’ll have to figure it out later. For now… here’s a photo. I’d never seen one before. They’re native to midwestern and southern states, and poisonous.