July 19, 2019

 GRRRRRRRRRR

This is the SECOND American House Spider that I have ruined. It was totally dry and I dropped the foam board with my spider on it maybe ¼ of an inch. I’m not above supergluing this dude back together, so help me! I have a brown widow that dried janky despite all my best efforts, a 7-legged American House Spider and I just pinned my SECOND green grasshopper. If this grasshopper doesn’t make it I’m going to defenestrate the whole project! 

No bug entries for today, this is journal entry functions to say that science isn’t perfect. It’s an iterative process that demands careful and patient attention. Sometimes as scientists it is difficult to channel the attention appropriately. In my case screaming rather than continuing to explore. The more that I practice the better I will get, I just need to make it through a few more screaming fits and superglue the broken pieces back together - possibly literally? No shame. 

Also, I saw a trapdoor spider and decided not to kill it, because they’re so beneficial. I’ll need to record all of that guy’s data at a later date. 

Also also, we have a billion baby brown widows on our front porch. The cobweb explosion was crazy. 
Location: Texas, USA

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