Black Widow

AlittleSalt · October 21, 2017

Black Widow ... I'm glad I was wearing my gloves.

ChiliPeppa · October 21, 2017

Black widow bites can be extremely bad. I think I live in the black widow capital of the world, and they seem to have an affinity for my house. This year has been especially bad. I've killed at least 100 in my house alone. Outdoors I just avoid them. Glad you had your gloves on.

Worth1 · October 21, 2017

Look or dont look under your lawn chairs every year I find black widows nesting in the crevasses.

Worth

Sun City Linda · October 22, 2017

I have a lot here too. Worth is right they love those plastic chairs.

Rockporter · October 22, 2017

When we moved to Texas we had a car shipped here. Hubby was washing the car real well because it had been in storage for so long that it had lots of spider webs under it. He discovered black widows on the undercarraige. We called the exterminator out to spray our garage and under the car. Exterminator said there were no black widows in Texas. I said, "well there are now". He did not want to treat the car so I told him if he did not do it I was calling someone else. So, he finally got up underneath there and saw about 14 of them under there. I don't think I have seen anyone move so fast in my life. We pulled the car out of the garage and he sprayed away, lol.

imp · October 22, 2017

Ohh, that looks like a big girl, too, Salt. Good thinking on wearing gloves.

Worth1 · October 22, 2017

What exterminator would say there aren't any black widows in Texas?
There is one kind of them or another in almost every part of the world.
Not all have the hour glass.

Look it this one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:L...tus_female.jpg

Worth

AlittleSalt · October 22, 2017

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Originally Posted by imp

Ohh, that looks like a big girl, too, Salt. Good thinking on wearing gloves.

Yes, she was fully grown and as big as I've seen them in these parts. With the cold front coming yesterday, my anxiety was elevated already. When I found her - I took the picture and disposed of her nest and all. That was the end of cleaning the barn yesterday.

MissS · October 22, 2017

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Yes, she was fully grown and as big as I've seen them in these parts. With the cold front coming yesterday, my anxiety was elevated already. When I found her - I took the picture and disposed of her nest and all. That was the end of cleaning the barn yesterday.

I can't say that I blame you. I would panic and run too.

ChiliPeppa · October 22, 2017

I've sort of grown accustomed to them being around here. Ho hum another black widow over there in the corner. But I don't tolerate them in or around my house. The other day I was just reminding my hubby how we seemed to have less spiders and insects overall when we kept geese. There may be more geese in our future.

AlittleSalt · October 22, 2017

I would imagine we have them under our trailer houses here, but I'm not going to crawl under them to find out

It seems they like open places with somewhere to hide. The barn this one was in is an open-faced barn.

I can't imagine having hundreds of them. wow

Worth1 · October 22, 2017

I had one with a nest next to my bed in a crevice years ago, I didn't bother it and it didn't bother me.

Worth

ChiliPeppa · October 22, 2017

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I had one with a nest next to my bed in a crevice years ago, I didn't bother it and it didn't bother me.

Worth

Yeah, they are web spiders, not wandering spiders. So they like to stay put. BUT I had many patients who came into hospital with spider bites, mainly from black widows, who got bitten by sitting on an old chair or sticking their hands where they could not see.

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Worth1 · October 22, 2017

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Originally Posted by ChiliPeppa

Yeah, they are web spiders, not wandering spiders. So they like to stay put. BUT I had many patients who came into hospital with spider bites, mainly from black widows, who got bitten by sitting on an old chair or sticking their hands where they could not see.

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I inspect everything before I stick my hands in it under it or put it on you just never know.

Worth

Rockporter · October 22, 2017

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Originally Posted by Worth1

What exterminator would say there aren't any black widows in Texas?
There is one kind of them or another in almost every part of the world.
Not all have the hour glass.

Look it this one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:L...tus_female.jpg

Worth

An idiot exterminator, he learned a huge lesson that day.

October 22, 2017	#5
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	When we moved to Texas we had a car shipped here. Hubby was washing the car real well because it had been in storage for so long that it had lots of spider webs under it. He discovered black widows on the undercarraige. We called the exterminator out to spray our garage and under the car. Exterminator said there were no black widows in Texas. I said, "well there are now". He did not want to treat the car so I told him if he did not do it I was calling someone else. So, he finally got up underneath there and saw about 14 of them under there. I don't think I have seen anyone move so fast in my life. We pulled the car out of the garage and he sprayed away, lol. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

October 21, 2017	#2
ChiliPeppa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mojave Desert - California Posts: 368	Black widow bites can be extremely bad. I think I live in the black widow capital of the world, and they seem to have an affinity for my house. This year has been especially bad. I've killed at least 100 in my house alone. Outdoors I just avoid them. Glad you had your gloves on.

October 21, 2017	#3
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Look or dont look under your lawn chairs every year I find black widows nesting in the crevasses. Worth

October 22, 2017	#4
Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	I have a lot here too. Worth is right they love those plastic chairs.

October 22, 2017	#6
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	Ohh, that looks like a big girl, too, Salt. Good thinking on wearing gloves.

October 22, 2017	#11
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I would imagine we have them under our trailer houses here, but I'm not going to crawl under them to find out It seems they like open places with somewhere to hide. The barn this one was in is an open-faced barn. I can't imagine having hundreds of them. wow