Spider Night

Santa Teresa County Park 

October 30, 2010

Chris Sanford displays his spiders outside.






Park staffer Brian Shively and volunteer Rick Leonard passed out hot chocolate with marshmallows.


A giant spider greets visitors to the ranch house.


Inside the ranch house are spiders of all types.  Jesse Schachter brought the spiders in the plastic aquariums.


Volunteer and teacher Terri Sanislo talks to the kids about insects and spiders.


  Terri Sanislo brought spiders and other insects, as well as books and educational materials.




Inside the lamps are black widow spiders. Under the pot is a false black widow spider.


A giant spider lurks in the kitchen of the ranch house.


A giant spider guards the back door of the barn.


Ranger Wolf Man


Park interpreter supervisor Julie Lee, Ranger Carolyn Tucker, interpretive program manager Robin Schaut, and Ranger Mark Violette watch the pumpkin slideshow.


Park interpreter John Dorrance greets the visitors and introduces the speakers.


West Valley College intern Charles Christy talks about spiders. He's holding a giant black widow spider that dropped from the rafters.


Charles leads kids from the audience in a performance of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider."


West Valley College intern David Yang reads the fable of "The Spider and the Fly."


John and Ray Macaraeg allow the audience to touch a tarantula. This tarantula was caught in the park. Ray will attempt to put this tarantula in his mouth, a trick he is internationally famous for.


Ray blows bubbles with a tarantula in his mouth.


The tarantula crawls out of Ray's mouth.


Volunteer Michael Hutchens and Brian Shively (wearing vampire teeth) hand out popcorn and lemonade to the audience.


Volunteer Jason Bombadier hands out toffee made by Charles Christy.

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