I was doing drift fence arrays when I came across my first solfugid. This is also known as Camel Spider or Wind Scorpion. AWESOME! From that first meeting, I started seeing them everywhere. Also, the drift fence array allowed me to befriend a black widow, hold a Trans-Pecos Blind Snake, and photograph all kinds of critters. My favorite part of working the field is the hands-on experience. I am a toucher, and I have a way with animals. Most researchers out there had all sorts of trouble with the poor animals freaking out, but I spoke softly to mine and they tended to relax. The part I hated the most was the mistnetting. As long as I checked them every half hour, then it was alright, except with I got a Bewick's Wren. Those guys are so small, that I have to almost cut them out of the net every time. Still up in the air about mistnets, but I lean toward not liking them much. I am able to sneak up on many animals in the field for that perfect shot. If you ever see some of my blurry shots, those were taken as desperate shots since my coworker was "sneaking" up behind me with her noisy ass chaps on. ARGH! I once spent 45 minutes sneaking up on a group of deer at the lab in the field. Just as I was about to take a shot from three feet away, right in the eye of the big doe, a researcher came careening around the corner on his Gator. ARGH!