Found in Tire Cover

[c214dick]

So before discovering I had a flat tire, (see previous posting), I removed the tire covers. Instead of folding them up and putting them away like a good boy I threw them in the shed.

Fast forward to today, about a week after putting the covers in the shed. While I was getting ready to fold up one of the covers I discovered what was the largest, blackest, ugliest, beetle I've ever seen. The good news it was dead but in the process of dying it had attached itself, via front pinchers to the fabric inside the cover. I was finally able to get it unhooked after first separating it's body from it's head and than pulling the head off the fabric.
One cover down, one to go.

The second cover did not have any super size beetle, just a small insignificant one but did have a spider, unknown, small body long legs, and 6 sacks that bore a striking similarity to spider eggs that we found in the garage when we moved into our Florida house. Those eggs were identified as black widow spider eggs.

The fact that I previously handled these covers, not knowing whether these creepy crawlers were there or not, was enough to convince me that the covers will remain in their respective boxes placed high on a shelf in the shed. In the future if I crawl under the trailer, while in Florida, I will make sure that a large piece of plywood will be separating me from whatever creatures will be lurking in the ground.