I was blown away the first time I went to Texas and saw a Banana Spider for the first time. Its leg span was nearly the size of my palm. We were down working with TXDOT and watching a new excavator attachment operate and I saw it in the centre of a huge web at the fenceline. Alas, my attention quickly turned to the blinding zaps of pain on my lower legs as I realized I was also having my first encounter with another of the local fauna: fire ants.

