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Offline Curval

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« on: June 16, 2004, 08:52:35 AM »
It has been all over the news here.  A workman found some black widow spiders in some construction equipment last week.  

We thought that they were an isolated find.

Today it was reported that a nest of them was found on the North Shore.

DOH.

For as long as I have lived here I have NEVER had to worry about insects/arachnids.

Now it seems we have some baddies.

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Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2004, 09:01:13 AM »
They are very common here. Nothing to worry about.
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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2004, 09:08:09 AM »
Yea, did some reading and although their venom is way more powerful than a rattlesnake they don't inject very much.

Only the old, sick and very young need to worry.  The last one gives me cause for a bit of concern as we have a baby in the house, but I will keep a sharp eye out.

Of course everyone here is concerned, but only because we have never had to worry about things like this before.
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« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2004, 09:26:20 AM »
If you're worried about them, just keep an eye out for webs and then go out at night with a flashlight. They'll be out. Quick blast of insecticide and they're done.
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2004, 09:32:20 AM »
Black widows typically dont build in high traffic areas where they may run into your kids.  They tend to stick to more isolated areas like woodpiles or corners of garages or outdoor storage buildings.  I wouldnt worry too much about one in the house around the kids.
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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2004, 09:35:07 AM »
Yeah... that's pretty much true. In my fifteen years of living in a desert area, I've only found three in the house.
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« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2004, 09:51:52 AM »
I killed one hiding on a rake in my shed last week.  They're pretty common here in North Carolina and not much to worry about.  I did have to get medieval on one that was dumb enough to build a nest on the side of my house near a high traffic area last year.  Mostly they stay out of sight and don't bother anyone.

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« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2004, 09:55:07 AM »
glad we don't have those here!

*shudders
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« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2004, 09:56:09 AM »
When I lived in California my parents found a BW in the basement rec room...I was only a toddler and could have been in real trouble if I had found it.
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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2004, 09:56:43 AM »
Curval, I wouldn't worry too much... as people have said, those spiders stay out of the way and are always in their web. They are not the kind of spider that roams around and crawls up into your bed at night.

The web is very noticable too. It's a SUPER strong web that has no order to it...just a mess of silk that is so strong, even spaying it with  a water hose wont harm it.

An spraying them with insecticide doesn't do much normally.....you have to smash them.

They are a creepy looking spider though.
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« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2004, 09:57:18 AM »
When I was renting a room in an old historical building here in California. The day I moved out, I was pulling my bed from the wall and realized there was a black widow living 6 inches from my head. Talk about the willies. I guess they don't bother you if you don't bother them.
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« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2004, 09:58:09 AM »
Thay're cute.

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« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2004, 09:59:46 AM »
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Originally posted by SunKing
When I was renting a room in an old historical building here in California. The day I moved out, I was pulling my bed from the wall and realized there was a black widow living 6 inches from my head. Talk about the willies. I guess they don't bother you if you don't bother them.


they stay in their web, but if you touch the web, they will run out and bite whatever has touched the web.
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Offline AKCasca

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« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2004, 10:01:05 AM »
and for some  inexplicable reason they are intensly drawn to nest in Pink Bermuda Shorts
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« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2004, 10:01:31 AM »
how big are they?

(not how big are the bermuda shorts, how big are those spiders?)
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