Boy, if I'd known all of that, I wouldn't go out viewing ;-)… Glad I don't know all of that. BTW - The brown desert tarantula is one of the most beautiful spiders out there. We've run into them multiple times at Cherry Rd II and at Chris' place in Meyer. They like the tent and tend to climb up into the open roof area under the rain tarp. Very smart creatures. I usually simply hold out my hand to get them to climb off as we're packing up and return them to the desert floor. Tim