Ep. 190 Halloween spooktacular: Creepy crawlies | #GoodGrowing
It’s time for another Good Growing Halloween Spooktacular! We’re all dressed up again this year to talk about some creepy crawlies that have had or are still having an impact on humans or have a lot of lore behind them, including black widow and brown recluse spiders, stinging caterpillars, oriental rat fleas, lice, and more!
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00:41 – Welcome, Ken. What are our costumes this year?
02:50 – Black widow spiders
11:30 – Brown recluse spider
15:50 – Identifying brown recluse spiders
18:30 – Venomous vs poisonous
19:20 – Stinging caterpillars
22:40 - Saddleback caterpillar
24:55 - Puss caterpillar
28:30 – Oriental rat flea and plague
35:47 – Lice
36:25 – Body lice
39:30 – Head lice
41:30 – Pubic lice
45:22 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!
Southern black widow (University of Florida) - https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/spiders/black_widow_spider.htm
Brown recluse (Colorado State University) - https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/insects/brown-recluse-spiders-in-colorado-recognition-and-spiders-of-similar-appearance-5-607/
CDC lice guidelines - https://www.cdc.gov/lice/caring-head/index.html
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Chris Enroth
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Henderson, Knox, McDonough, and Warren Counties
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Ken Johnson
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Morgan, and Scott Counties
