While searching for lizards, Bug flipped a log over and discovered a small scorpion!! The first one we've ever found up there. She did the right thing and ran in and told Papa and Grandma. They didn't actually believe her at first. Ha. They went out to investigate, confirmed her story and then caught it in a big glass jar so we could all observe it. Later in the day, Bear was planning on making mud cake. He pulled out a metal mixing bowl, kept outside for just such recipes. He suddenly freaked out about a spider on the bowl. He isn't fond of spiders, so we assumed there was a jumping spider or something. Jeff and I went to check it out and under the lip of the bowl was a very large creepy spider, which greatly resembled a black widow, only it was brown and no hour glass! I immediately checked Bear and asked him if he had been bitten. He said no, he had just lifted the bowl up and saw the spider underneath.
We decided to throw the spider in with the scorpion to see who would win in a fight. I took many pictures, and after a while, Jeff went and found a giant ant and added it to the mix. After many more pictures, and lots of scorpion stings, the ant died. But the spider stayed strong despite also having many stings. We watched them for the rest of the day, and then released them on our way home. It was a great learning experience for the kids. They also realized why we always tell them to use caution when flipping things over!
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