All Bugs Go To Kevin Founder Kevin Wiener Educates About Bugs

How many times have you seen a spider and immediately thought that it was a brown recluse? Chances are, it wasn't a brown recluse, and it probably did not want anything to do with you.

All Bugs Go To Kevin

If you are not a member of the Facebook group All Bugs Go To Kevin, hop over and join if you want to be educated about the bugs in our lives. Kevin Weiner started this group to share facts, not fear about the insect world. He was able to overcome his fear of spiders after a career as an exterminator. Now, Kevin travels and shares his story, and it is helping others to conquer their fears.

PHOTO: ALL BUGS GO TO KEVIN TRALANTULA

Brown Recluse Spiders - Fact or Fiction?

I will admit that anytime a giant spider drosses my path, I assume it's a brown recluse or a black widow. After chatting with Kevin and actually seeing a brown recluse, I realized that I've never actually seen one before. During his visit, Kevin shared that most of the time, when someone thinks they were bitten by a brown recluse, they are mistaken.

No one has ever lost a limb or any other body part from a brown recluse spider bite. It was more likely a staph infection or something like that. Brown recluse spiders do not hunt down people to bite them. You would have to step on one or try to smash it with your hands to get bitten.

Kevin in The Wild

Kevin Weiner now travels and puts on educational programs to show folks that bugs are useful. And yes, he brings some friends with him. I held the tralanchula, but the brown recluse moved a little too fast for my liking!

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All Bugs Go to Kevin Upcoming Programs

Saturday, August 16th - Mayflies, Mosquitoes, and Moths, Oh My! Angel Mounds State Historic Site from 3 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Join renowned entomologist, Kevin Wiener, of All Bugs Go to Kevin, to learn about insects that are native to this area! Following Kevin’s presentation, you’ll be challenged to go on a scavenger hunt and identify insect species on our nature trails!

Saturday, August 30th - What Flies at Night? John James Audubon State Park, from 7:30-10 P.M.

Special guest, Kevin Wiener, of the wildly popular Facebook page, “All Bugs Go to Kevin,” will present an educational introduction, lead a night bug search in the preserve, and set up a sheet for moth lighting.

Tips to Prevent Spider Bites

No one likes to get bug bites, especially from spiders. After all, we're told from a young age that some spiders are deadly. Besides that, they can be uncomfortable and swell up.

But there are ways to help prevent yourself from getting bit in the first place. Here are ten tips from the Washington State Department of Health.

Gallery Credit: Jaime Skelton