Morgan Loftin, who is 33, is the cofounder, with her husband, Micah, of Pinned Ptera, an insect taxidermy business they operate out of their home in Denton. I grew up in deep East Texas, in Wamba, a swampy suburb of Texarkana. We had a barn where there were these huge yellow garden spiders. They’re as big as your hand, and they build webs that can stretch four feet wide. They’re really intimidating and scary, but they serve a wonderful purpose—they protect your garden. I would throw giant grasshoppers into a web and watch the spider paralyze them. That’s how I entertained myself as a child.Micah and I went to a butterfly conservatory in Key West in 2021. A butterfly landed on my hand, and Micah wanted…
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