On Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:16:09 -0500, Gary wrote:

> On 3/9/2021 9:38 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

>> I had to (?) do that to a spider once.

> LOL. I have no idea what your point there was.


I had a bunch of bananas. Out jumped a huge (~5mm head to tail) jumping
spider with very prominent red & yellow markings. It had the exact same
shape & movement as the much smaller (~3mm) black & white jumping spiders
I am familiar with.

I assumed it was very venomous just because of the bold colours. I also
assumed that it may have been pregnant. I also assumed that it likely
that it behaved similar to the smaller ones, i.e. they do not back down
from threats.

So I killed it immediately, just as DSI1 should have with the strange
caterpillar. The major difference is that I doubt if caterpillars of any
stripes can mate before pupating. Nevertheless, on an island with a
dismal history on invasive species, each human is expected to be humanly
knowledgeable & responsible. Just two adults might have pheromones to
help find each other and fill the island with an unwanted living scourge.