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Instead, they follow pheremone trails to females in the hopes of mating, preferably without being eaten afterwards.
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The worst they can do is pinch us and maybe cause a little irritation, unless you're allergic, of course.
I know this spider is a female because she's working on a web. Male cat-faces don't build webs.

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Also, the term "pea soup fog" doesn't just refer to really thick fog. It's specific to fog formed by air pollution from burning coal. It is actually yellowish or greenish. Thankfully, this isn't as common anymore because of better air quality regulations.

Hail: I didn't even know this was a thing, but when a hail storm is strong enough, fog can form over the layer of hail on the ground. The air immediately above them cools enough for the vapor from melting hail to become droplets. This only happens when there isn't much wind.

Evaporation or Mixing: This is when water evaporates off of a surface and meets dry, cool air. Think fog on a lake or the mist after a summer rainstorm.

Freezing: This is wintertime fog. Water stays in the air until it freezes to something. This type of fog can be very dangerous, as roads get exceptionally icy. If the ice is thick enough, it can break tree branches and snap power lines. This type of fog happens here almost every year.

Avection: wet, warm air moves over cool ground, causing water droplets to form

Radiation: Formed at night, this happens when the earth cools, and there's a layer of moisture close enough to the ground for water droplets to form. This is the type of fog in this video.

Indigenous populations have used it for making goods like baskets and thatching for roofs. Today, it's commonly used in landscaping and restoring prairies.
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They're used for all kinds of things, like basket-making, lean-to shelters, cords, and fire kindling.
In nature, they're habitats of all kinds of water life, water cleaners, store carbon, and enrich the soil when they decompose.
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Cattails apparently taste like cucumber, and according to nutritionvalue.org, they contain sodium, fiber, protein, calcium, iron, and potassium. It sounds like they're pretty nutritious. You can use all of the plant, as well. Even the pollen can be used for baked goodies and smoothies.

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This side of the tree finally has sunshine, and it's been sprouting buds ever since. From what I've read, the new growth could cause sap to come to the surface of pine trees outside of the usual spring thaw.
It should be fun to see how the tree changes as it continues to get more sunlight.

This tree's sap looks pretty healthy, and it's not pooling, so I don't think it's diseased.
That said, this side of the tree had been in the shade for years. This past summer, our neighbor cut down the huge overgrown trees in front of her house.

By the way, the next lunar eclipse will happen on the night of March 2nd, 2026. Mark your calendars and bundle up for an easy-going show.
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