BLACK WIDOWS INVADE!

Turk · Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:05 pm

Sage Hermit wrote:arachnophobia was a good movie. I draw the line at rare amazonian killer spiders. black widows are not in any way killers for Pete's sake they are just venomous and so are bees.

Yea but a widow bite can kill a child or a pet. That's serious stuff.

Ozark Lady · Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:54 pm

Have you ever put your shoes on with a spider in it?

That is one weird feeling. Mine was a wolf spider, big guy..
I don't know who was more frightened me or it...
It felt like my sock had just balled up on the toes...

He didn't survive the episode... due to the shoe being so convenient...

I think he rode into the house... with seed starting trays...

Harmless, just they really are startling... especially in your shoe.

As long as spiders are not poisonous, I welcome to my garden. Not so much inside the house... the web makers make more work for me...

GardenRN · Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:13 pm

I do have them in my yard, quite a few if you actually go hunting. Knock on wood, I have never had a problem. Like Alex said, I keep their fav sites to a minimum. Just like snakes, all you have to do is be mindful when you are reaching somewhere where one might like to hide!

From what I hear, if it doesn't kill you, you'll wish it did! Bad cramping, muscle spasms, stomach ache, fever, chills. But nature could throw a lot worse at you if she wanted to!

tc_31_fillAmenist · Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:43 pm

I think I've only seen one Black Widow here. It was on an old rusted out well-pump that I carried around front to recycle.

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PunkRotten · Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:50 am

I noticed a few of them last year especially in the summer time. One had a web on the bottom of my tomato plant. I knew where atleast 3 Black Widow webs were and I thought if I was careful I didn't see the harm.

GardenRN · Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:38 am

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Ugh, I have snakes too. Not black snakes though. Cotton mouths. BUT, like the black widows, remove their homes= removing the snakes. I have all but gotten rid of them and I didn't have to kill one. They're still good to have around, I just don't want them camping out in MY yard with my kids playing out there. The kiddos aren't old enough to really understand where not to stick their hands. Especially my son (2 and 1/2yrs)

Annageckos · Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:49 pm

Ozark Lady wrote:
As long as spiders are not poisonous, I welcome to my garden. Not so much inside the house... the web makers make more work for me...

All spiders are venomous (not poisonous, sorry, it's a little pet peeve of mine)

But most will not hurt you, unless you are sensitive to the venom. As far as black widows go not everyone is affected by the venom. The brown recluse is far worst.