Hello Tarantula!

Today while helping us do yard work, Chloe discovered a furry little creature hanging out under one of the bushes. She reached to pick it up only to stop when daddy yelled, "NO!!!" So what was the furry little critter that she spied???

It was this guy - friendly Mr. Tarantula. We were trimming up the bushes because that's where snakes like to hide, and we've already had one run in with a rattlesnake this summer. We were surprised to see the tarantula - this isn't the time of year that they usually come out. We trimmed around him and left him alone. These furry critters are great to have around because they eat the scorpions! It's hard to tell from the picture, but the tarantula was a little smaller than my hand. In the past, we've seen them as big as dinner plates!