Blackwidow

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For some strange reason, I have run across about 10 to 15 blackwidows the last few weeks. This worries me because I had never seen a blackwidow outside the Zoo or TV until now.....and with pansey season around the corner, I am going to spending more time watching my hands then planting my flats.....Just curious if anyone else in my region have noticed this also....

[Grits]

In the Florida panhandle, I see them ALL the time......always have. Now quit sounding like my wife and don't worry about the little spiders.

[kjm]

I too have seen several Black Widow spiders this summer.....I have not noticed them before.....matter of fact I found 2 webs/spiders at my house....

[WildWest]

In Atlanta and you've never seem one?! strange,... Anyway, I always keep an eye out for these dang things. I killed 3 on my patio yesterday! You can always tell if a Black widow is living nearby by the web they make, very strong and it has no rhyme or reason!

Their bite is supposedly the most painful spider bite you can get and you can only have the anti-venom one time.

I F'ING HAAAAAAATE spiders!!!! I would rather deal with snakes!!!!

[jsf343]

In Atlanta and you've never seem one?! strange,... Anyway, I always keep an eye out for these dang things. I killed 3 on my patio yesterday! You can always tell if a Black widow is living nearby by the web they make, very strong and it has no rhyme or reason!

Their bite is supposedly the most painful spider bite you can get and you can only have the anti-venom one time.

I F'ING HAAAAAAATE spiders!!!! I would rather deal with snakes!!!!

you can only have the anti-venom one time?! really? Why I wonder? I am glad we don't have to deal with those stupid things. I would have to have my wife kill them for me, I am too much of a wuss when it comes to spiders. :cry: heh heh.

[Tharrell]

I was in commercial pest elimination for about 10 years.
The poster was right about their web. It looks like a cotton ball pulled apart in all directions and is very tough.
Baby spiders come out of the sack and start climbing and spinning a web until the breeze catches them. Wherever the wind takes them, that's how they get around.
I used to wonder about it and did a little research. I had an Olive Garden in Roanoke Va. that always had black widows around the dumpster. They were in the flightline of the airport and there was nothing but a grass field anywhere closeby.
I have only seen one black widow inside a building and it was nearby that Olive Garden. I was fogging the ceiling of a place called Shakers and it tried to get away from the pyrethrum mix we were using and dropped from the ceiling. It almost landed on my shoulder.
Be careful.

[yardmanlee]

I had an Olive Garden in Roanoke Va. that always had black widows around the dumpster. They were in the flightline of the airport and there was nothing but a grass field anywhere closeby.
I have only seen one black widow inside a building and it was nearby that Olive Garden. I was fogging the ceiling of a place called Shakers and it tried to get away from the pyrethrum mix we were using and dropped from the ceiling. It almost landed on my shoulder.
Be careful.

so are ya saying I shouldnt eat at shakers ?I dont care much for olive garden !!! but I like shakers, Tharell did ya use to live here ?
and btw we have black widows everywhere here !!! just another bug to me

[Sup3rman]

I've always heard that their bites are nasty. How come you can only get the anti venom once? Also, I read somewhere that they will, more often than not, run away from you and not try to bite you.

[ChadsLawn]

In the Florida panhandle, I see them ALL the time......always have. Now quit sounding like my wife and don't worry about the little spiders.
Im in west central Fla and I've never seen 1. Or at least that I noticed. I see snakes all the time, but no Black Widows.

[rodfather]

only one I have ever seen is my ex-wife :laugh:

[Tharrell]

Yardmanlee, yeah I used to live over near the airport on plantation road.
Here's a little something they gave me at Shakers.

[jsf343]

only one I have ever seen is my ex-wife :laugh:

hahaha:laugh: better hope she doesn't read lawnsite too often or the spider may be ready to bite.

[Jim@MilkyWay]

In Atlanta and you've never seem one?! strange,... Anyway, I always keep an eye out for these dang things. I killed 3 on my patio yesterday! You can always tell if a Black widow is living nearby by the web they make, very strong and it has no rhyme or reason!

Their bite is supposedly the most painful spider bite you can get and you can only have the anti-venom one time.

I F'ING HAAAAAAATE spiders!!!! I would rather deal with snakes!!!!I'm with you pal, as far as spiders and snakes goes. I've been bitten by both.
Snakes I can see. Spiders still creep me out. Don't see how anyone in southeast can go through _any_ three month period of their life, let alone years, without seeing them about. Guess if you stay in-doors all the time, then, well...
Don't ever panic; just give them the space and respect they demand, and all will be well.

[Brendan Smith]

i was bitten by one when i was a teenager, god it hurt. the shots sucked too.

[jsf343]

i was bitten by one when i was a teenager, god it hurt. the shots sucked too.

ok, you got the anti-venom then right? I still have not seen an answer on the topic of being able to get the anti-venom only one time. fact or fiction?
if you were to get bit again could you get the anti-venom again? I for one am curious.

[ArizPestWeed]

I see them often , as a matter of fact , I have 2 jars with one each , been there for 2 months , they are alive .


I just returned from a 2.5 week in Ukraine and other places in Europe , and , well , had to add all that , I had several glue traps in my home and caught 2
baby snakes and lots of spiders while I was gone .
I couldn't believe 2 snakes

Black Widows , when they hatch , make webs to ues as parachutes to float to a new home

[out4now]

Seen plenty of them here. Only once indoors as a kid. We had a woodpile plenty of them resided there and where their webs would go undisturbed, corners, parked cars that do not move often, storage sheds, had one that took up residnece under my bike seat as a kid. Had a couple crawl on me before but never been bitten. They tend to use their venom for food and only as a last resort much like a snake will (seen plenty of rattlers and 1 Gila monster here too). Brown recluse I would say is much more worrisome. I know a few people that have been bitten by black widow, got sick a few days thats it. Now recluse on the other hand can leave some nasty sores that turn into worse things. Never heard of anti-venom only once. Know several people that have been stung by bark scorpions and they have said its worse than the spider bites by far.

[ArizPestWeed]

No Brown Recluse in AZ or the western US

[ArizPestWeed]

Seen plenty of them here. Only once indoors as a kid. We had a woodpile plenty of them resided there and where their webs would go undisturbed, corners, parked cars that do not move often, storage sheds, had one that took up residnece under my bike seat as a kid. Had a couple crawl on me before but never been bitten. They tend to use their venom for food and only as a last resort much like a snake will (seen plenty of rattlers and 1 Gila monster here too). Brown recluse I would say is much more worrisome. I know a few people that have been bitten by black widow, got sick a few days thats it. Now recluse on the other hand can leave some nasty sores that turn into worse things. Never heard of anti-venom only once. Know several people that have been stung by bark scorpions and they have said its worse than the spider bites by far.
So , I guess you can use herbicides with no License now , you never had one , did you??
Didn't you job all spraying out ?

[out4now]

I hold an AZ structural pest lic now. Still keep it up, CEU classes coming up first of next year. Never said guy biten by recluse was bitten here anyway, he was bitten in Georgia so piss off.

[ArizPestWeed]

I hold an AZ structural pest lic now. Still keep it up, CEU classes coming up first of next year. Never said guy biten by recluse was bitten here anyway, he was bitten in Georgia so piss off.
Why do you need to get rude , does it make you feel like a big man ??