Well, this is not the usual wake up call that I get, it just happened to be something that brought me more sharply awake from the usual sleepy wanderings to start a load of laundry. I think I was checking to see if I needed to do a load of diapers (the bucket is next to the tub) when I heard some scuffling nearby. I pulled aside the shower curtain and found a "mijin kanama" (husband of the scorpion). It is actually a spider, but they can grow to very large proportions. This one was a "baby" compared to some of the others I've seen. One twice the size was captured on our back porch the next day. We (OK...Alan)did a humane catch and release. We had forgotten that our next door neighbor collects them for her father who is a entomologist. The larger brother was sent next door for preserving, and packaging, for later transportation. Wonder where the next visitor will be found....?
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