I caught this spider in my laundry room this morning right as I was getting ready for work. I have decided to keep him and to name him "Peter III." I threw out Peter's (and Peter II's) jar since I wasn't sure if any living spiderlings were still in it and since it was in bad shape (dirty, stained on the inside, containing the remains of several dead arthropods, and filled with Peter's old funnel web). This picture is of Peter III in a jar I found stashed away in my room. If possible, I may move him into a shorter (but nearly as wide) jar some time in the next week. Assuming he doesn't build a web in this one in the meanwhile....I was pleasantly surprised to see Betty again this week. I was running some paperwork upstairs and happened to see her and some other gal leaving for lunch. She went to the stairs, too, reaching them before I did (her department is right next to the stair access). Our eyes met briefly when I looked down between the hand rails to see her descending to the first floor as I began my ascent to the third.....
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