Here in Texas individual spiders are big enough to drag a whole pizza up a flight of stairs.
Alan *Alan Van Dyke * Senior Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Drawer 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4614 www.hrc.utexas.edu <http://hrc.utexas.edu> On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 7:41 AM Louis N Sorkin <sor...@amnh.org> wrote: > Yes, but they have to work in groups because the slices are heavy unless > they're thin crust. > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy Tablet > Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > ------------------------------ > *From:* pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf > of Pollack, Richard J <richard_poll...@harvard.edu> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:40:21 AM > *To:* pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* Re: [PestList] Re: Recluse sightings > > EXTERNAL SENDER > > Lou, > > Do the spiders in NYC emulate the rats there by carrying slices of pizza > up the stairs? > > -Rich > > > > *Richard J. Pollack, PhD* > > *HARVARD UNIVERSITY* > Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) > Senior Environmental Public Health Officer > 46 Blackstone St. > Cambridge, MA 02139 > *Office*: 617-495-2995 *Cell*: 617-447-0763 > *www.ehs.harvard.edu <http://www.ehs.harvard.edu>* > > richard_poll...@harvard.edu > > > > Subscribe to the *Harvard EH&S COVID-19 literature review*: > > > https://web.calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/ehs_eph_covid19_literature_review > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.calists.harvard.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fehs_eph_covid19_literature_review&data=04%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7C8e554abfef0741617bcb08d8dd80bbcd%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637502892277742845%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=AR4ObBV9qHsgHIYr1Icxhd7VFHi3XavMntVLhBcsWk0%3D&reserved=0> > > > > > > > > *From: *<pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Louis N Sorkin < > sor...@amnh.org> > *Reply-To: *"pestlist@googlegroups.com" <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > *Date: *Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 8:35 AM > *To: *"pestlist@googlegroups.com" <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > *Subject: *[PestList] Re: Recluse sightings > > > > NYC and in the museum, too. Found a male crawling on the museum basement > stairs going up to the subway. > > Lou > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy Tablet > > Get Outlook for Android > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttps-3A__aka.ms_ghei36%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DWO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ%26r%3DGO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE%26m%3DxUuBXzLulvsmOLYZSO5u7YYfJGHr2J1Cko90y7Ku2FM%26s%3DchPvjcr1PZ119FtMgwmbCedRGGipwxgiWRyp8cUI7EY%26e%3D&data=04%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7C8e554abfef0741617bcb08d8dd80bbcd%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637502892277742845%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=4ju51Uqxy0RXChDLysCN6ql3YBdjSDFLri7bNW4CXuM%3D&reserved=0> > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf > of Matthew Mickletz <mmi...@winterthur.org> > *Sent:* Monday, March 1, 2021 9:27:34 AM > *To:* 'pestlist@googlegroups.com' <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* [PestList] RE: Recluse sightings > > > > *EXTERNAL SENDER* > > > > Thanks Joel! A good read with a title, as usual, that makes the reader > think the worst. Fantastic that they go on the discuss the minimal danger > they actually pose in addition to the effect of the pandemic on populations > of spiders (and other pests) in unoccupied or lightly occupied buildings. > > > > I know many reading this have been seeing upticks in pests in their > institutions that are sans people and, sadly, sans IPM. > > > > Best, > > > > Matt > > > > > > *Matthew A. Mickletz* > > Manager > > Preventive Conservation > > Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library > > Direct 302.888.4752 > > 5105 Kennett Pike > > Winterthur, DE 19735 > > winterthur.org > > (he/him) > > > > > > > > *From:* pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> *On Behalf > Of *Voron, Joel > *Sent:* Sunday, February 28, 2021 5:25 PM > *To:* via MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* [PestList] Recluse sightings > > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/michigan-library-spiders.html > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttps-3A__nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Fwww.nytimes.com-252F2021-252F02-252F26-252Fus-252Fmichigan-2Dlibrary-2Dspiders.html-26data-3D04-257C01-257Csorkin-2540amnh.org-257C9d4a53cc48624af8e1a908d8dcbe2a57-257Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76-257C0-257C0-257C637502056636656331-257CUnknown-257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0-253D-257C1000-26sdata-3DL6QCOSRTfW8t4aMaY27YfzFKMu6OLiWf76ad2SoEwh8-253D-26reserved-3D0%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DWO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ%26r%3DGO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE%26m%3DxUuBXzLulvsmOLYZSO5u7YYfJGHr2J1Cko90y7Ku2FM%26s%3DB9kFY8rCrzRx6macZWSt1h8d1lyFg6RFR7VYaIvZouc%26e%3D&data=04%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7C8e554abfef0741617bcb08d8dd80bbcd%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637502892277752802%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=kdaWYtpIXgOLo%2BKfBbzhVdjGJiTGOHzMe8HEwbIHSTQ%3D&reserved=0> > > > > > > *Joel Voron Colonial Williamsburg Foundation* > > Conservation Dept. > > Integrated Pest Management > > Office 757-220-7080 > > Cell 757-634-1175 > > E-Mail jvo...@cwf.org > > > > > > *Error! 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