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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #30 on: February 27, 2006, 10:28:28 AM »
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Oh yeah, I like those who downplay the black widow, when I lived in Florida I had one put me in ICU for 17 hours. If I see a daddy long legs or a small white house spider, I usually leave them alone(hey, they are helping me out), but any other spider dies!


Black widows freak me out. When my daughter was about two she walked in the kitchen and said, "Daddy, look what I found." In her hand was a live black widow.

I hate those things and I usually patrol the yard every couple of months for them.
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« Reply #31 on: February 27, 2006, 10:36:38 AM »
DMF,

Spit the hook out there buddy, Mietla just threw in a nice shiney spoon and you bit on it.  :eek:
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« Reply #32 on: February 27, 2006, 10:36:42 AM »
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Black widows freak me out. When my daughter was about two she walked in the kitchen and said, "Daddy, look what I found." In her hand was a live black widow.


What did you do?
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« Reply #33 on: February 27, 2006, 10:54:43 AM »
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Being a plumber I thank God that we dont have them this far north. (Atleast I havent heard of any) The other day I was in a crawlspace changing out old copper to pex. Spiders were everywhere. Days like that I hate my job.


People use PEX in homes?
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« Reply #34 on: February 27, 2006, 10:56:24 AM »
Yeah, we get Black Widows and the occasional Brown Recluse down here in NC. Got to admit though, neither of them alarm me as much as the Ticks. Spider bites, while nasty are short term, the effects of Lyme disease on the other hand, can last a lifetime.

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« Reply #35 on: February 27, 2006, 10:57:25 AM »
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What did you do?


I grabbed her wrist and made sure she didn't close her hand on it. Then I swept it off her palm and killed it.

I'm not sure how she even picked the thing up.
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« Reply #36 on: February 27, 2006, 11:04:46 AM »
We have Brown Recluse, Black widows in WA state. Primarily in the East side of the state (its like Arizona in the summer). We also have scorpions.

Black Widows and Recluse can make their way to the Western side of the state in the summer. We had a Black Widow "nest" in the building I worked in back in the summer of '97. They said it probably came over in a shipping container from Moses Lake area (Where there is another Boeing site in support of Test Operations)

I found a male Black Widow while cleaning up my garage one day. It was dead.  The males are smaller and have no red spot on the abdomen.
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« Reply #37 on: February 27, 2006, 11:08:48 AM »
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I grabbed her wrist and made sure she didn't close her hand on it. Then I swept it off her palm and killed it.

I'm not sure how she even picked the thing up.


My brother-in-law had an orange packing house for a while. Black widows were an everyday occurrence for him. He still will just reach out and squish them with his thumb. Creeps me out every time I see it. I like using a baseball bat... if not something bigger.
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« Reply #38 on: February 27, 2006, 11:11:45 AM »
LOL, immediately after reading this thread I had to go out to the garage and clean up a bunch of stuff... everything I touched I was like eek better not be one of those things hiding in there rofl.

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« Reply #39 on: February 27, 2006, 11:17:54 AM »
I'll probably die from a nervous system disorder, but I like using spider killer spray.  Gets that spider plus the next one that walks through the kill zone.

I guess I won't be able to do that as much if/when I have kids...
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« Reply #40 on: February 27, 2006, 11:25:38 AM »
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We have Brown Recluse, Black widows in WA state. Primarily in the East side of the state (its like Arizona in the summer). We also have scorpions.

Black Widows and Recluse can make their way to the Western side of the state in the summer. We had a Black Widow "nest" in the building I worked in back in the summer of '97. They said it probably came over in a shipping container from Moses Lake area (Where there is another Boeing site in support of Test Operations)

I found a male Black Widow while cleaning up my garage one day. It was dead.  The males are smaller and have no red spot on the abdomen.


IIRC, males are also non-poisonous.
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« Reply #41 on: February 27, 2006, 11:26:22 AM »
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I'll probably die from a nervous system disorder, but I like using spider killer spray.  Gets that spider plus the next one that walks through the kill zone.

I guess I won't be able to do that as much if/when I have kids...


You know what else works great?

Windex.

Spray it on the bottom of your shoe and then step on 'em.
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« Reply #42 on: February 27, 2006, 11:44:48 AM »
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IIRC, males are also non-poisonous.


I think you are right.  But hey, why take chances?  The female will just kill them anyway after they mate.  I figure by killing him now, I not only save him the experience of the bad divorce, I prevent one more batch of babies from ever being born.
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« Reply #43 on: February 27, 2006, 11:50:19 AM »
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IIRC, males are also non-poisonous.

Yeah, I know. And its unusual to find them I suppose, since the female will eat the male right?
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« Reply #44 on: February 27, 2006, 12:04:36 PM »
There are lots of pics of black widow spiders but nonthing to give you an idea of how big they are. Are they a big spider or small? Are they an outdoor spider or do they set up shop in the corner of a window?
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