Spiders Catch Our Attention Hile Gardening Or Cleaning Around the Whome, Garage and Outbuildings, We See Spiders
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Lifestyle Messenger-Inquirer SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2020 News Editor: 270-691-7317 C4 Spiders catch our attention hile gardening or cleaning around the Whome, garage and outbuildings, we see spiders. Kentucky has many common spiders. There are two you should learn to identify because their venom is harmful to humans. ANNETTE Remember, MEYER however, all HEISDORFFER spiders can be HORTICULTURE dangerous if a person is allergic or sensitive to spiders and insects. Dr. Lee Townsend and Dr. Mike Potter, University of Kentucky Extension entomologists, describe several common spiders: Kacy Paide | The Washington Post Spiders feed mostly on small Clearly labeled containers make organizing your pantry easy, organizer Kacy Paide says. insects and other arthropods. Some trap their prey in webs or snares. Others are active hunters and use excellent vision CREATING ORDER IN YOUR to ambush their food. Virtually all spiders have poison glands that connect with their fangs. Venom produced by the glands is used in defense and to kill or paralyze prey. PANTRY Only a few species, such as the black widow and brown recluse, have venom that is very toxic such as sweet potatoes, onions to humans. Most species do not Make your cooking life easier through organization or garlic, can be stored in the attempt to bite. Many have fangs pantry, though storing potatoes that are not capable of piercing BY HELEN CAREFOOT donation and compost options; organization served 500,000 and onions next to one another THE WASHINGTON POST the skin. However, some bites when Kacy Paide, founder households last month — could cause potatoes to will result in a reaction similar to ith autumn and of the Inspired Office firm in double the number it usually develop sprouts more quickly. a wasp or bee sting. It is possible colder weather Silver Spring, Md., reorganized serves — including many a person can have an allergic Waround the corner her own pantry, she learned people who sought food USE REUSABLE reaction to the venom. and no end in sight to the that her neighbors had assistance for the first time. CONTAINERS Matching containers look Most spiders found in homes coronavirus pandemic, many helped establish a community Efficient organizing helps and buildings are accidental volunteers and staff get food great for Instagram and people may be cooking at composting initiative in her invaders that have entered where it needs to go, she said, Pinterest, but Katrina Green, home more often during the condominium complex. Local around doors, windows, or other and a backbone of that system founder of Badass Homelife in months ahead. But it’s hard grocery stores and farmers openings. is putting items with later Sacramento, wants to relieve to get inspired when your markets often have composting The brown recluse, sell-by dates at the back of would-be organizers of the pantry is a jumble of half-full stations, too. Loxosceles reclusa, is the only the shelf and refrigerator and pressure of uniformity. Buying boxes of pasta, expired The problem of excess food member of the brown spider placing older items closer to matching containers can be canned goods and spices that is a privilege, particularly now, family (Loxoscelidae) living in are long past their prime. as the coronavirus pandemic the front. (These dates don’t expensive and can detract from Kentucky. Coloration ranges How can you know what to has ravaged the economy and indicate when items spoil, but the objective of the project, from tan to dark brown, with cook when you don’t know caused record unemployment. rather when they are at peak which should be to structure uniformly colored abdomen and what you have, or if it’s even Feeding America estimates freshness, Murthy added.) the pantry so it’s one less thing legs. The legs are long, thin usable? that more than 54 million GROUP ‘LIKE to worry about. “It’s about and lack conspicuous spines. Having an organized and people, including 18 million WITH LIKE’ creating a system that makes uncluttered pantry will make children, may experience A distinguishing feature is the Creating separate zones your life easier,” she said. dark, violin-shaped mark on trying ambitious baking food insecurity in 2020. Buying containers and then projects or cooking up some Organizers suggested donating in the pantry to store similar its back, with the violin’s neck items together makes it having to take time to take food pointing toward the spider’s comforting soups and stews unwanted — but fresh and out of packaging and sort it less stressful. We spoke with edible — canned and dry easy to glance at a shelf and rear or abdomen. This feature immediately find what you’re into containers could have the is consistent in adult brown professional organizers and goods to local food pantries opposite effect. and organizations. Don’t try to looking for. Paide suggests recluses, but sometimes less a food bank employee for Using containers you tips on how to quickly — and donate expired food or items categorizing items by use; for obvious in younger spiders. already have around the inexpensively — get your with dented, compromised example, keep baking supplies Although brown recluse bites house or repurposing items, pantry in order. Here are their packaging. “I’ve seen clients together, and group pastas and are rare, the venom can cause such as cardboard boxes suggestions. insist on giving canned food canned goods each in their serious wounds, such as tissue own area. from the mail, is a free and destruction that may require SORT, TOSS that’s way expired,” Paide said. “You don’t want to burden a If you’re storing more sustainable way to create surgery. AND DONATE food pantry with the work of than sealed containers in the storage within your pantry, The brown recluse makes a Before attempting to filtering through what’s good pantry, research how the foods Green and Paide said. Look for web that appears messy and organize your food, go through and bad.” interact. Storing some fruits spare boxes, and cover them dense, usually close to the everything in the pantry and and vegetables together may in decorative scrapbook or ground or floor in dark secluded toss out expired products, said FILL SHELVES cause them to ripen or go bad wrapping paper to make them areas. They are common Vernestine Laughinghouse, BACK TO FRONT more quickly. Murthy doesn’t look nicer, Green suggests. indoors and can live year-round founder of Absoulute Enormous quantities of food recommend storing fresh fruits Laughinghouse and Paide also in homes, barns, sheds, Organizing Solutions in move through the storage and vegetables in the pantry, suggest washing old jars — warehouses and greenhouses, Washington, D.C. After that, facilities at Second Harvest because they could rot if you ideally clear glass ones — and as well as protected outdoor think about what foods and Food Bank, which serves forget about them; store them reusing them to store dry areas. Brown recluses tend to supplies you’ll really eat and Santa Clara County in the San in the refrigerator, and keep bulk goods. Or you can find hide during the day and hunt for use. Keep those things and Francisco Bay area. Maya a small amount, if you’ll eat containers in every shape, insects at night. donate or compost the rest, she Murthy, Second Harvest’s them, out on a counter in a Black widow spiders belong said. Research your local food nutrition director, said the bowl. More hardy vegetables, SEE PANTRY/PAGE C6 to the cobweb spider family (Theridiidae) and spin loosely organized trap webs. The female is about one-half inch long, is shiny black, and usually has Can small inns retain cozy vibe amid virus restrictions? a red hourglass mark on the underside of her abdomen. BY ELIZABETH HEATH tions to big, impersonal hotels. The webs are found mostly THE WASHINGTON POST But sanitation and social dis- under objects, such as rocks A stack of muffins on a tiered tancing guidelines amid the and ground trash, or under an serving tray. A living room coronavirus pandemic have overhanging embankment. They with pillow-strewn couches innkeepers and guests alike are less common in homes than rethinking “warm and cozy.” that invite you to curl up with the brown recluse. When found a good book. A common din- From how breakfast is served in homes, they are usually under ing table where strangers to in-room accoutrements to chat over breakfast. Attentive how guests and hosts mingle, appliances or heavy furniture host-owners eager to suggest smaller properties are facing a and not out in the open like an itinerary, bring up extra fire- cultural revolution of sorts, and other cobweb spiders. wood or linger in conversation. things will look a little different Black widow spiders are timid, What small inns and bed- when the dust finally settles. however, and will only bite in and-breakfasts lack in big Across the hospitality indus- response to injury. Black widow amenities, they make up for try, the pandemic has forced venom is a nerve toxin with with personalized service and changes in virtually every Morehead Manor Bed & Breakfast rapid effects. Victims should homey ambiance. That’s why aspect of customer service and Morehead Manor Bed & Breakfast, a five-room, 1900s colonial-reviv- seek medical attention promptly. many travelers prefer these al inn in Durham, N.C., is among the small properties adapting to small, owner-run accommoda- SEE VIBE/PAGE C6 coronavirus restrictions. SEE SPIDERS/PAGE C6 Announcements Messenger-Inquirer SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2020 C6 that stack or can fit into odd nooks as a free-standing wire shelf, expands 50TH ANNIVERSARY: PANTRY and crannies.