I’m very happy to have the enormous Great North American Hornet in great numbers right next to the hermitage. They eat the horrific, nasty yellowjackets, of which there is also an abundance around the hemitage, though hopefully they will soon be eaten by the hornets.
The monstrous Harvestmen spiders are back. I always thought they were mutant daddy long leg spiders, but it seems these harvestment are not really spiders, though they are arachnids. I always thought they were the most poisonous spider in the world, but it seems they have no poison in them at all. But they are great hunters. They are great to have around for that reason.
Meanwhile, the gargantuan White Pines are dropping – what? – pine flowers? – by the trillions…
Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops, deacons & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. Prayer and sacrifice go up, of course, for both Benedict XVI and the next Successor of Saint Peter. 
You are actually holding that spider by the legs. Yikes.!! O what it takes to be a hermit.
Oops it’s not a spider. You could have fooled me.
I’m glad you are discriminating among the beneficial arachnids, and beneficial bees and hornets. Those are the pollen of the pines. The big cones,( pine cones), are the female part of the tree, where the seeds will develop. Pines are pollinated by the wind.
Thanks for the nature lesson. I didn’t know hornets eat yellow jackets.