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!   Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DGbFkgEs2ZE Skip to what you want to know:    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 Contact us! Chris Enroth: [email protected] Johnson: [email protected]   Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. Barnyard Bash: freesfx.co.uk  --You can find us on most podcast platforms.  iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377     Tunein - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/  Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR    Vurbl - https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/    Listen notes - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/    Ivy - https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902    Castbox - https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us