Fun With Dock Spiders

My daughter got a little plastic and screen bug housesqueeze through and run up the entire length of my
from her grand parents this summer. She loved toarm. I was wearing a T-shirt. I don't think I need to tell
collect moths and caterpillars. But when heading outanyone that these animals are super quick movers.
fishing, I saw a huge dock spider sunning itself and IThe spider ran up my arm. I was screaming like a 4
thought it would look great in my daughters bug house.year old girl slapping the crap outta myself. The spider
Here's what happened:made it to the short arm sleeve and now was sharing
I was using a styrofoam worm container to try andmy shirt with me.
catch the dock spider. I crept up and just placed theI don't know why but I was trying to run away from
worm container over the spider. I had the lid in mymyself.......if you get my meaning. Meanwhile everybody
other hand and I thought I could just slide the lid(15 people) along the shore was watching me. I guess
underneath and then the spider would be trapped.my very feminine screams attracted their attention.
The flaw in my plan you ask? The lid is beveled. I didThe spider fell out of my shirt and made it to cover. I
not take this into consideration at the time but figuredlooked around and noticed all these people staring at
out the error in a mighty quick way.me. I tried to act "manly". I was just about to go up my
I lifted the side of the container and started to slide thestairs but went up my neighbors stairs instead.
lid under. That gave the spider enough room toWe look alike from a distance!!!!